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Jerusalem School Files Lawsuit Against Y.U.
An Israeli religious school has slapped Yeshiva University with a lawsuit in a contract dispute sparked by charges that a rabbi at the Israeli school sexually molested students. The Derech Etz Chaim yeshiva of Jerusalem filed a breach of contract lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The Jerusalem…
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Alleged Adultery and the Wife’s Trial by Ordeal
If any man’s wife go aside… or if he be jealous of his wife, and she not be defiled; then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest…. A portion of our portion this week is about adultery. No, not adultery — alleged adultery. Not only is Naso about alleged adultery, but more fundamentally,…
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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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