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From Start-Ups to Letdowns
Khaleil Isaza Tuzman races into his corner office, mid-conversation on his BlackBerry cell phone. An hour and a half late for a Forward interview, he mouths the words “I’m sorry” to a reporter as he takes off his jacket and glances at his computer screen. At first blush it could be 1999, when Tuzman was…
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Evangelicals Adopt Settlers
A prominent Evangelical Christian organization is urging its members to pour money into West Bank settlements in its newest fundraising drive, “Adopt-a-Settler.” The Jerusalem Prayer Team, a Christian Zionist organization that opposes Israel giving up land in exchange for peace, conceived of the idea in mid-May after a meeting with Israeli Tourism Minister Benny Elon….
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DER YIDDISH-VINKL June 13, 2003
Al Grand is well known to many readers for his Yiddish translation of the works of Gilbert and Sullivan. Grand’s works have been performed around the country by a troupe of which he is a chorus member. His attachment to the Savoyards, as Gilbert and Sullivan are often called, is so deep that his e-mail…
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Ad Targets Lactose Intolerant Jews
Lactose intolerant Jews, don’t be ashamed; you’re not alone. According to a new ad for Lactaid milk, 60% of Jewish Americans suffer from the painful cramps, excessive flatulence and other uncomfortable symptoms associated with the disorder. The ad, which first appeared in the June issues of Hadassah and Reform Judaism magazines, features a picture of…
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Lacking Alternative Plan, ‘Road Map’ Opponents Await Palestinian Change of Heart
JERUSALEM — As the euphoria of President Bush’s peace initiative fades, opponents of Bush’s “road map” are hardly voicing second thoughts about their refusal to go along with the plan. But with a handful of exceptions — Tourism Minister Benny Elon’s Jordan-is-Palestine doctrine, Housing Minister Effi Eitam’s call for a Palestinian state in Sinai —…
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Muslim Charities Sue CBS, Investigator
Two American Muslim charities and a Georgia-based poultry company are suing CBS and a terrorism investigator for designating them, in a book and on the prime-time CBS program “60 Minutes,” as sponsors of Al Qaeda. The Heritage Education Trust and the Safa Foundation, two Virginia-based charities under investigation for possible terrorism links, are demanding that…
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C O R R E C T I O N
In “Everything is NOT Illuminated” (June 6, 2003), the Forward incorrectly reported that Jonathan Safran Foer’s “Everything Is Illuminated” was going to be made into a movie. At present, there are no such plans.
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At Summer Camp, a Time To Learn, Dance and Sing
Many adults wax nostalgic about their childhood summers spent at camp, roasting marshmallows, playing games and learning to swim. But for the young adults attending the Brandeis Collegiate Institute this summer, going to camp is a strictly grown-up affair. Since 1941, the institute has been helping men and women immerse themselves in Jewish thought and…
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IN OTHER WORDS…
Three Smart Jews: “What if three smart German Jews in the nineteenth century had taken different paths?” So begins “Secrets of Genius,” an 88-page exploration by U.S. News & World Report of “three minds that shaped the twentieth century”: Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein and Karl Marx. The “Special Collector’s Edition,” put out by Mortimer Zuckerman,…
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Courses Attract Christians Camp for Adults
BERLIN — Educational courses about Judaism were, for some, a prime attraction at a massive Christian gathering in Germany. “Church Days Convention,” a three-day conference featuring more than 3,200 events, was organized by Germany’s Protestant and Catholic churches, and drew an estimated 200,000 “pilgrims” to Berlin from across the country. Starting May 28, the event…
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Bumpy Road to Success: From Strip Joints to Academia
There are coming-of-age books about Jewish identity, lesbianism, daughters’ relationships with their mothers, the Holocaust, being born out of wedlock, and the dark world of burlesque dancing. But Lillian Faderman’s autobiography, “Naked in the Promised Land” (Houghton Mifflin), just may be the first to cover all these bases in one fell swoop. Faderman, now 62,…
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