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EXCLUSIVE: Samantha Power On Her Special Friendship With Elie Wiesel
A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and academic turned diplomat, Samantha Power is best known for her efforts to bring her work highlighting genocide prevention onto the national and global stage. Power is now writing about her experiences from a perch at Harvard University, after concluding in January a tumultuous four years as the United States ambassador…
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By The Numbers: 10 Surprising Demographic Facts About U.S. Jews
The Public Religion Research Institute (PPRI) released a report last week on “America’s Changing Religious Identity.” Many of the findings were of particular interest to the Jewish community. Below are the 10 most fascinating things we learned about the changing nature of the American Jewish landscape: 1: Jews Are No Longer The Most Educated Religious…
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EXCLUSIVE: 3 Ex-Orthodox Women Accuse Community Member Of Sexual Assault
Five women who have broken with ultra-Orthodox Judaism are accusing a man in the ex-Orthodox community of sexual misconduct, with three alleging that he sexually assaulted them. The allegations surfaced when one of the women posted her story to Facebook, which prompted several women to tell their own stories of alleged mistreatment — from pressuring…
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Candidate Who Condemned ‘Greedy Jewish Landlords’ Faces Uphill Election Bid
A candidate who blamed the displacement of Harlem’s black and Hispanic residents on “greedy Jewish landlords” is on the ballot in New York City today after his campaign received nearly $100,000 in public funds. Thomas Lopez-Pierre, a candidate for New York City Council in Harlem and upper Manhattan, removed the “greedy Jewish landlords” line from…
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Ex-Con Rabbis Set Sights On Upstate Town — And Rumors Swirl
For seven decades, the cloistered nuns of the Dominican Order lived a quiet life in the small town of Elmira, New York. The women lived secluded in their monastery, the former clubhouse of a nearby golf club complete with a chapel and a large garden, and were a little-noticed presence in town. In 2014, their…
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Jews Hunker Down As Irma Rips Swath Across Florida
Hurricane Irma lashed at both coasts of Florida, cutting power to nearly 6 million people and causing widespread damage — even though some experts said the state may have dodged the worst-case scenario. In the Miami area, home to one of the United States’ largest Jewish populations, water began flooding the streets in the morning….
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EXCLUSIVE: New Archaeology Shows ‘Refugee Camp,’ Not Just Rebels, Atop Masada
Tour guides leading thousands of visitors to Masada each year follow a similar routine: Where Roman troops breached the walls, they retell Josephus Flavius’s account of how a group of obsessive, fanatical Jewish rebels refused to concede to servitude or slaughter, and committed suicide instead. For decades, archaeology at the site has been calling the…
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Fleeing Irma, Jews Find Refuge In Atlanta Synagogues After Nerve-Jangling Exodus
For Nicki Salfer, the most nerve-wracking part of the 22-hour drive to escape Hurricane Irma was hoping she wouldn’t run out of gas. Piloting a convoy of three vans filled with students from the Miami school her husband runs, Salfer had to stop four times as they raced to beat gridlocked traffic — and the…
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This Factory Makes Thousands Of Shofars — Just Don’t Ask The Owner To Blow One
(JTA) GIVAT YOAV, Golan Heights (JTA) – Shimon Keinan has a business to run. He doesn’t have time to teach you how to blow the shofar. But if you come all the way to his Kol Shofar factory here, Keinan is going to make sure you walk away with the horn that’s right for you….
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O.U. Won’t Take Action Against Synagogues With Female Clergy Until After High Holidays
The Orthodox Union will not make a decision until at least mid-October on what to do about member congregations that continue to flout its new rules banning female clergy, the group’s executive vice president told the Forward. The Forward reported Thursday that advocates were worried that the group would take up the issue at its…
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EXCLUSIVE: Is The Orthodox Union Poised To Expel Synagogues With Female Clergy?
Half a year after the Orthodox Union banned women from serving as clergy at members’ synagogues, at least four of its congregations are continuing to flout the rule. Now, advocates worry that the O.U.’s board could vote to expel those synagogues at its meeting next Wednesday, the first gathering of the board since it passed…
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