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Tampa Jewish Agency Chief Slain in Murder-Suicide
A Jewish agency head who had been deeply involved with caring for migrant children was found dead with her longtime partner in what police are calling an apparent murder-suicide. Rochelle Tatrai, the president and CEO of Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services, and partner Sean Ray were both found dead of gunshot wounds on…
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For Older Cuban Jews, Opening To Havana Is Bad Idea
(JTA) — For many Cuban Jews – the majority of whom now live in the United States – it has been a bittersweet week. Like countless Jews around the world, they cheered the release of Alan Gross, the American Jewish telecommunications contractor who had been held in a Cuban prison for the last five years. But…
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End of Cuba Freeze Revives Memories of Jewish Havana — and Hopes for Future
On December 17, President Obama announced a thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations and the release of Alan Gross, an American-Jewish contractor who had been held in a Cuban jail for five years. Here’s what a few Cuban-American Jews make of the announcement, both for themselves and for Cuban Jews in general. Rosa Perelmuter What took place…
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U.S. Won’t Back ‘Palestine’ State Measure at U.N.
The United States would not support a new Palestinian-proposed U.N. Security Council draft resolution, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Thursday. “It is not something we would support,” Psaki told reporters. Earlier, Israel’s foreign minister described a draft resolution that calls for a peace deal within a year and ending the occupation of…
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Rabbi Wesley Gardenswartz Backs Off Controversial Plan for Intermarriages
(JTA) — Within days of floating a proposal that woud have allowed Conservative rabbis to perform interfaith marriages, Rabbi Wesley Gardenswartz of Temple Emanuel in Newton, Mass., backed away from the controversial plan. In a recent email, Gardenswartz asked congregants to consider a proposal for a new shul policy that would enable him to officiate at…
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Rabbi Harold Schulweis, Pathbreaking Thinker, Dies at 89
(JTA) — As a pathbreaking thinker, innovator and activist, Rabbi Harold Schulweis’ role extended far beyond his base as the spiritual leader of his Los Angeles-area congregation. “Harold Schulweis was widely regarded as the most successful and influential synagogue leader in his generation, a public intellectual who redefined what it is to be a Jew, an…
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The Year Hitler Broke the Internet
Remember the public outcry in June, when a teenager from Alabama took a selfie in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and posted it on Twitter? Or the swastika ring for sale by a third-party vendor at Sears but that was removed after multiple complaints? This year has seen its share of seemingly ridiculous headlines that might…
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Richard Joel Points Fingers Over Mushrooming Yeshiva Fiscal Crisis
Yeshiva University’s president, Richard Joel, has offered his first public explanation for Y.U.’s financial turmoil. Joel blamed several current and former members of staff, as well as the university’s “antiquated and opaque” accounting systems, for concealing the true scale of Y.U.’s deficits. In an interview with a university newspaper, The Commentator, Joel said his former…
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Alan Gross Release — and Diplomatic Thaw — May Mean World to Cuba Jews
(JTA) — Alan Gross was imprisoned while trying to connect Cuba’s isolated Jewish community to the wider world. The deal that got him released five years later may do just that and much more. Gross’ flight home to suburban Washington on Wednesday with his wife, Judy, was part of a historic deal that overturns over five…
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Alan Gross Praises Release From Cuban Jail as Hanukkah ‘Blessing’
Alan Gross, newly released after five years in a Cuban prison, thanked his wife, his lawyer, the Jewish community, President Obama and numerous others in helping secure his freedom. Speaking at a news conference Wednesday in Washington, Gross opened his statement with a Hanukkah greeting and a thank you to Obama. “Chag sameach,” he said….
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Jews Protest Racism and Police Brutality on First Night of Hanukkah
As the first candle of Hanukkah was lit last night, several hundred Jews blocked traffic in San Francisco. The swell of protestors engulfed the busy intersection of Powell Street and Market Street, and a four minute and twenty eight second long moment of silence was held, followed by a recital of the mourner’s kaddish. This…
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