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The Rabbi Who Stumbled Into the Mystery of Alberto Nisman’s Death
(JTA) — In January 2015, Rabbi Marcelo Polakoff was stuck in Buenos Aires when his phone rang. He’d been planning a trip to New York but a storm had canceled all flights, and Polakoff, the rabbi of Cordoba, a province in central Argentina, was cooling his heels at his sister’s house. A woman he didn’t know…
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When Hillary Came to This Rabbi’s Seder — and Stayed for Hours
(JTA) — How was Helene and Bob Fine’s family seder in 2000 different from every other Passover night? First lady Hillary Clinton and her daughter Chelsea came. (President Bill Clinton would have joined, too, if not for Yasser Arafat, but we’ll get to that.) This was no political or community institution event. It was a…
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Hillary Clinton Backs Israel on Gaza War After Bernie Criticism
Hillary Clinton backed Israel’s 2014 war in Gaza in a television interview Sunday amid a controversy over Democratic rival Bernie Sanders’s claim that it acted “disproportionately” in the campaign. The Democratic frontrunner told CNN’s “State of the Union” that the Jewish state bombed and invaded the Hamas-ruled enclave in self-defense, Politico reported When “your soldiers…
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Ted Cruz Seeks To Put ‘New York Values’ Slur Behind Him With Speech to GOP Jews
Ted Cruz sought to put a controversy over his off-the-cuff New York comments on “money and the media” behind him with a speech at the Republican Jewish Coalition on Saturday in Las Vegas. Cruz opened his comments with a “Good Shabbos” blessing, moved on to a quick mention of the Jewish calendar month of Nisan…
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The Bromance Ends: What Split Cory Booker and Shmuley Boteach?
It was the future U.S. senator from New Jersey’s first Purim party, back at Oxford University in the 1990s. The home video shows a young Cory Booker dancing in circles and carrying on his back a bearded man dressed in a clown suit – Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. But today, instead of bringing a smile to…
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New Challenge for CUNY Over Alleged Anti-Semitism
The City University of New York’s efforts to deal with charges and countercharges about anti-Semitism and free speech on campus regarding Israel will soon face a daunting new challenge: On April 15, the school system’s graduate student council will vote on a resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions. Hamad Sindhi, co-chair for communications at CUNY’s…
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Bernie Sanders Squirms on the Hot Seat After Inflating Gaza Death Toll
Trying to put an end to a barrage of attacks by pro-Israel groups and officials, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders issued a statement making clear he did not intend to state that Israel killed more than 10,000 Palestinian civilians during the 2014 Gaza war. “The idea that Sen. Sanders stated definitely that 10,000 Palestinians were…
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A Game of ‘Jews v. Nazis’ Beer Pong Riles Princeton High — and the ADL
A group of high school students in Princeton, N.J. are in hot water after they were caught playing beer pong with a “Jews v. Nazis” theme. Even worse, they posted photos of their twisted drinking game on social media. Now, locals are debating whether it was all in fun as the Anti-Defamation League calls for…
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Non-Orthodox Groups Threaten Fight Over Kotel If Israel Scraps Deal
TEL AVIV — The Conservative and Reform movements in Israel are considering some drastic measures as part of a planned offensive over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem for egalitarian prayer if the government backs away from a long and drawn-out compromise to which it agreed. With that plan now at risk due to…
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In Brooklyn and Vegas, Cruz Seeks To Grow His Jewish Base
Fresh off his massive victory in Wisconsin, Republican candidate Ted Cruz is seeking to consolidate his backing among Orthodox Jews and expand support from other major Jewish donors by meeting with voters in both Brooklyn and Las Vegas, just in time for the New York primary coming up on April 19. Early on in the…
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Elected Officials Allow Hasidic Schools to Break the Law, Advocates Say
In fiery speeches on the steps of New York City Hall, advocates for secular education in ultra-Orthodox yeshivas accused city and state elected officials of allowing Hasidic communities to flout state education laws in exchange for political support. At the April 6 press conference organized by the advocacy group Yaffed, civil rights attorney Norman Siegel…
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