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Celebrating Easter Might Just Make You More Jewish
The Seesaw is a new kind of advice column in which a a broad range of columnists will address the real life issues faced by interfaith couples and families. Join the discussion by commenting on this post, sharing it on Facebook or following the Forward on Twitter. And keep the questions coming. You can email…
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Hungary Jews Fret as Vote Signals Shift to Right
In 2009, Csanad Szegedi was euphoric when Jobbik, the radical right-wing nationalist party he co-founded, placed third in Hungary’s elections for the European Parliament, winning enough votes to send three representatives to Brussels, including himself. But after Hungary’s elections for parliament April 6, Szegedi is shaken. The party, many of whose leaders are seen as…
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Neo-Nazi’s Bloody Rampage Little Surprise to Those Who Track Extremists
Just hours after a white supremacist allegedly murdered three people at a Jewish community center and a Jewish retirement home outside Kansas City, the local police chief insisted that nothing could have been done to stop the shootings. “This was, unfortunately, totally unexpected,” Overland Park Police Chief John Douglass told a news conference. “If we…
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Shooting Rampage Hits at ‘Beating Heart’ of Kansas City Jewish Community
(JTA) — Every Friday at noon, my 2-year-old daughter and I rush through the doors of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City here to meet my father for lunch. We are usually late, and the JCC’s Heritage Center, catering to active seniors (and their preschool-aged guests), is only our first stop. Vivien refuses to…
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Did Nazi Serial Killer’s Birthday Spur Anti-Jewish Overland Park Rampage?
The shootings at the Kansas City Jewish Community Center and nearby retirement home coincided with the birthday of Joseph Paul Franklin, a white supremacist executed in Missouri in November, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Frazier Glenn Cross, also known as Frazier Glenn Miller, the longtime white supremacist arrested by police following the shootings,…
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Did Smirking ‘Nazi’ Gunman Single Out Jews for Death in Kansas City Rampage?
A smirking gunman who reportedly shouted Nazi slogans opened fire at a Jewish community center and an old-age home in a suburb of Kansas City, killing three people. The gunman, later identified as notorious white supramacist Frazier Glenn Cross, singled out Jewish victims for death, Rabbi Herbert Mandl, a chaplain with the Overland Park Police…
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Kansas City Jewish Community Stunned by Rampage On Eve of Passover
Jewish community leaders were stunned by the shooting rampage at two suburban Kansas City Jewish institutions on the eve of Passover — but urged Jews to continue with their preparations for the holiday. “Our hearts go out to the families who have suffered loss on this tragic day,” the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas…
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Why Kitniyot Passover Fight Is Literally Full of Beans
When is a legume not necessarily a legume? When it’s a min kitniyes, might be the Yiddish answer, which could be translated as, “When it’s a whatchamacallit.” And why is that? The week of Passover is a good time to ask. As the more ritually meticulous among you are aware, legumes — which is to…
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Jew-Hating Ku Klux Klan Leader Identified as Overland Park ‘Killer’
The suspect in the Passover Eve killings of three people at two Jewish community centers in the Kansas City area has been identified as a notorious white supremacist and former leader of the Ku Klux Klan. The Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate groups, said suspect Frazier Glenn Cross, Jr., 73, was once the…
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How Jewish Federations Are Changing — and Dumping ‘F-Word’
Denver no longer has a Jewish federation. It still has the federation building, 33 federation workers and a host of programs catering to the needs of the Jewish community, but the word “federation” is gone. As of six months ago, the operation is named JEWISHcolorado, with a subtitle stating, in small fonts, “formerly known as…
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Moses Told Us To Dip Hyssop in Blood. Did He Mean Marjoram?
‘Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, ‘Choose lambs for yourselves, for each family, and slaughter the Passover lamb. Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood which is in the…
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