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Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster Claimed Israeli Astronaut and Judaica Trove
February 1 marks the 10th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, a tragic accident that claimed the lives of seven astronauts, including an Israeli named Ilan Ramon. Many of the details have been forgotten in the decade since the incident, but a new documentary, “Space Shuttle Columbia: Mission of Hope,” which airs on the…
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Chabad College in Michigan Gets Building Go-Ahead
A Jewish college in Michigan that has enjoyed massive growth fueled by federal funding of its overseas studies programs is poised to build a new 16,000 square foot headquarters — even though almost no students ever set foot on campus. West Bloomfield Township, a suburb of Detroit, granted permission for Michigan Jewish Institute to proceed…
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Mother of Noah Pozner Makes Emotional Anti-Gun Plea
Flashing a photo of her slain son, Noah, lighting a Hanukkah candle, Veronique Pozner made a dramatic plea for stricter gun control laws at a packed hearing Monday in Connecticut’s state capital. Joined by other relatives of those killed in the Newtown school rampage, Pozner called for a complete ban of all assault weapons and…
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Rome Holocaust Museum Delayed by Red Tape
If all goes according to plan, a starkly modern, $30 million Holocaust museum will soon rise on the site of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini’s Rome residence. The site, also the location of ancient Jewish catacombs and now a city park, will be home to a museum first proposed in 2005 but held up repeatedly by…
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Landmark Synagogue Seeks Right to Demolish Itself
With its imposing blocklike twin towers and sober neo-Gothic design, the synagogue at 60 Norfolk Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side has stood like a sentry at its present site since 1850 — long enough to earn landmark status from the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission. But now, this synagogue’s own congregation is seeking its destruction….
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Meet America’s Internet Champion of Ladino
Each year, languages slip into oblivion. Some say Ladino, or Judaismo, is on that path. But a community of Ladino speakers thrives online, and songs enlivened with Ladino lyrics are surging in popularity in Israel and Latin America. Academic interest in the language is flowering on campuses from Boston to Los Angeles. At the heart…
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Putting Bibi and Barack on the Couch
As Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama look toward new terms in office, their long, tense relationship will now feature a new twist: The re-inaugurated American leader launches his second term greatly emboldened, while the Israeli prime minister emerges from a jolt of an election that has greatly weakened him. Nevertheless, psychiatrists and political analysts alike…
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‘Killer’ of Jewish Intern Chandra Levy Should Be Freed If Cleared: Father
The father of Chandra Levy reportedly says the man convicted of killing his congressional intern daughter a decade ago should be set free if new evidence exonerates him. As reports swirl about possible new evidence in the sensational case, Robert Levy, told a San Francisco TV station that convicted killer Inmar Guandique must not be…
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Why Israeli Vote Predictions Were Wrong, 103-Year Sentence
In this week’s Reporters Roundtable podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward opinion editor Gal Beckerman to discuss why all the predictions for a big win by Benjamin Netanyahu were wrong. Then, staff writer Paul Berger looks at the case of ultra-Orthodox counselor Nechemya Weberman who was sentenced to 103 years in prison after…
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Remembering Joseph Landis and Gilbert and Sullivan’s Amy Maude Helfer
In Praise Of Joseph Landis, Yiddish Culture’s Champion At Queens College (CUNY) Were it not for Queens College professor Joseph Landis, who died January 6, at the age of 95—Isaac Bashevis Singer and his wife, Alma Singer, might never have come to my home for a vegetarian Friday-night dinner of eggplant parmesan casserole. Founder and…
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The Yiddish Forverts Goes Biweekly in Print
The weekly Yiddish Forward is cutting back to a biweekly print schedule amid declining circulation and growing financial pressure. The Yiddish Forward will increase its focus on its website, which will be updated daily with news and multimedia content starting February 4. Now the last of the Yiddish-language secular newspapers, the Yiddish Forward has published…
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