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Lectures and Discussions Notes from the Russian Empire: Tamar Kaplan of the University of Pennsylvania presents the “Professor Bernard Choseed Memorial Lecture” on “Rabbis and Reform in Late Imperial Russia.” YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Center for Jewish History; Jan. 7, 7 p.m.; free. (917-606-8200 or www.cjh.org) It Happened in Brooklyn: Did you know that…
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Aguda Asks: Are We To Blame for Our Neighbors’ Anger?
STAMFORD, Conn. — Breaking a longstanding taboo, a leading Orthodox Jewish advocacy group held an open discussion at its national convention here last week that touched on the question of whether Orthodox communities might themselves be partly to blame when civic conflicts arise with their non-Jewish or non-Orthodox neighbors. The December 27 roundtable discussion at…
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Try as He Might, Sharon Can’t Dodge The Long Shadow of Corruption Probe
JERUSALEM — Although all the major public opinion polls continue to predict an overwhelming Likud victory in the elections January 28, the party’s leadership, as well as its rank and file, are more preoccupied with the daily dose of sordid revelations emanating from the police investigation of the corruption scandal. Instead of feverish preparation for…
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MOMENTS MADE ETERNAL
Judah S. Harris was studying at a Jerusalem hesder — a program combing yeshiva study and military service — when he discovered his passion for photography. “It was there,” the New Jersey-born artist told the Forward, “that I realized that I have a visual ability and a fascination with people and places.” And so he…
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From Polanski and Costa-Gavras, A Reckoning With the Holocaust
When I embarked upon writing the first edition of “Indelible Shadows: Film and the Holocaust” in 1979, there were only a few dozen films on the subject to warrant critical attention. Ten years later, about 50 more had to be added to the second edition. By 2001, the number of Holocaust-related films had grown to…
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Fund Fights Charge of Aiding ‘Deserters’
A left-leaning Jewish charity that funds two organizations supporting Israeli soldiers refusing to serve in the territories is fending off accusations from Israeli rightists that its contributions “finance desertion” from the Israeli army. The charity, the Philadelphia-based Shefa Fund, allows donors to earmark tax-deductible donations to two Israeli groups that back soldiers who refuse orders…
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Sunshine State Oddsmakers See Battle in Lieberman vs. Graham
Call it early-bird politics. The possible entrance of Florida Senator Bob Graham into the race for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination already is prompting speculation that he would split the vote and funds of the Sunshine State’s Jewish community, complicating the expected presidential bid of Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman. Neither man has declared his candidacy,…
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Rena Costa, Supporter of Yiddish Studies Center in Israel, Dies at 84
Rena Costa, a philanthropist who lent her name and support to the Center of Yiddish Studies at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel, died in her hometown of New York City at the age of 84 on December 5 after a three-month battle with cancer. A refugee from Hitler’s Europe who could scarcely speak a…
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In Fading Uzbeki Enclave, A Teacher’s Last Lessons
Swaddled in a gray angora scarf and smiling brightly through a mouthful of gold-capped teeth, Miriam Baybatshiava welcomes visitors to what is known as “School Number 36” and the only Hebrew class in the dying Jewish community of Bukhara. The 67-year-old former mathematician is the last teacher of Hebrew in a once-thriving Jewish community, now…
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An Unexamined War Is Not Worth Waging
As Uncle Sam is daily readying for a war against Iraq and, perhaps, North Korea, the big question is: Do they have nukes and other weapons of “mass destruction”? If they have them, do we, the United States, alone or in collaboration with others who think and feel as we do, have the right to…
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Feds Call Chile Resort a Terror Hot Spot
IQUIQUE, Chile — The Bush administration has designated this windswept resort town and free-trade zone on Chile’s northern Pacific coast as a terrorist hot spot, second in South America only to the notorious tri-border region where Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay meet. Indeed, American and regional officials say, Iquique — pronounced “ee-KEE-kay” — a booming free-trade…
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