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British Jews Complain About Anti-Israel Cleric
The Jewish umbrella body in Britain lodged a complaint with church officials about an Anglican vicar whom they accuse of anti-Semitic speech. The Board of Deputies of British Jews filed the complaint against Reverend Stephen Sizer in connection with content that appeared on his website, the London-based Jewish Chronicle reported. Sizer, a senior pastor of…
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Childhood Friends Die Together in Sandy
They were close friends from childhood with a shared commitment to helping others. Now Jessie Streich-Kest and Jacob Vogelman are being buried just two days apart after being crushed by a falling tree in Brooklyn in the midst of Hurricane Sandy. Streich-Kest, 24, was a young teacher dedicated to social justice. Vogelman, 23, was a…
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Argentina Calls Iran Bombing Talks ‘Positive’
Three days of negotiations between Argentina and Iran over the bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center have been “very positive,” Argentina’s Foreign Minister Hector Timerman announced. The statement came Wednesday at the Government House after three days of meetings between authorities of both nations at the United Nations’ headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. “ “The…
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Sandy Wreaks Untold Havoc on Jewish Communities
The massive storm system that ransacked the East Coast on October 29 brought unprecedented devastation to Jewish communities in and around New York City. Sandy pushed eight-foot-high waves through the Brooklyn neighborhood of Manhattan Beach. In Sea Gate, on the western tip of Coney Island, entire homes collapsed. An apartment building was evacuated after basement…
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Yeshivas Score Huge Pell Grant Windfall
Each year, tens of millions of dollars in federal Pell grants go to yeshivas, many of which focus primarily on Talmud study, a Forward review of U.S. Department of Education data reveals. The Jewish colleges take their place among many other religion-oriented schools that receive Pell grant funds. But they punch far above their weight,…
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Jewish Enclave Devastated by Sandy’s Wrath
Video: Nate Lavey Hurricane-force winds and historic flooding from superstorm Sandy have devastated the Brooklyn neighborhood of Sea Gate, a gated community on the western tip of Coney Island that is home to several hundred Jewish families. Many homes facing the Atlantic Ocean were gutted by floodwaters. A few were absolutely flattened by the raging…
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Hasidic Brooklyn Shrugs Off Sandy
The heavily Hasidic Jewish neighborhood of Brooklyn escaped major damage from Sandy, suffering only minor flooding and downed trees from the superstorm that caused devastation elsewhere. Ultra-Orthodox schools opened as usual Tuesday and a few cafes and shops had their doors open as the neighborhood struggled to return to normalcy after the massive storm hit…
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Palestinians Launch New Push for Statehood
Palestinians have launched a diplomatic blitz aimed at garnering a strong majority for a vote granting them non-member statehood at the United Nations slated for next month, officials said on Tuesday. Despite heading for a sure victory in the U.N General Assembly, mostly consisting of post-colonial states historically sympathetic to the Palestinians, West Bank diplomats…
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Startup Non-Profits Get Help From Bigger Partners
Aside from a Jewish link, the nonprofit AgriGate, which connects Israelis with information on China’s agritech market, seems to have little in common with the Jewish Meditation Center of Brooklyn. And neither would seem to have much in common with Gather the Jews, a group that facilitates Jewish social and educational gatherings in Washington, D.C….
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Hurricane Sandy Pounds Jewish Communities
As fierce winds battered New York City and Long Island, emergency experts continued to express concern about conditions in heavily Jewish oceanfront neighborhoods. Brighton Beach, Coney Island, and Far Rockaway in Brooklyn and Queens have been under mandatory evacuation since last night. In Long Island, parts of the Five Towns have also received evacuation orders….
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Hunkering Down as Sandy Roars Up Coast
Officials have ordered the evacuation of several heavily Jewish Brooklyn neighborhoods in the face of the once-in-a-generation hurricane barreling towards New York City and the Jersey Shore. Some in the Hurricane Sandy-threatened areas are taking the warnings seriously. Others, less so. “Everyone is just drinking cocktails and hanging out,” said Dan Sieradski, a guest at…
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