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Ohio Jews Tune Out Presidential Election
American Jews are long famous for their political engagement. But Jews here in Cleveland just want this presidential election to end. In this fiercely contested swing state, every commercial break on TV features ads for Mitt Romney and Barack Obama; radio broadcasts are packed with super PAC attack messages and — worst of all —…
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Bukharian Rabbi Fights To Keep Post
For 25 years, Itzhak Yehoshua has been the spiritual face of Bukharian Jewry, fêted by politicians and foreign dignitaries as the Bukharian chief rabbi. Yehoshua continues to receive greetings and awards from elected officials. But among Bukharians today, in their diaspora capital of Queens in New York City, he is better known as an embarrassment…
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George McGovern, Peace Candidate Who Knew When War Was Needed
George McGovern is widely remembered for advocating immediate American withdrawal from Vietnam and sharp reductions in defense spending. Yet despite his reputation as a pacifist, the former U.S. senator and 1972 presidential candidate, who died Sunday at 90, did believe there were times when America should use military force abroad. Case in point: the Allies’…
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Hollywood Ponies Up Big for Obama
Democratic donors gave unprecedented amounts of money in September to their party’s three main “Super PACs,” federal disclosures revealed on Friday, a reflection of how wealthy Democrats’ reluctance to give to such groups has faded in the weeks before the Nov. 6 election. Dreamworks’ Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg gave $1 million each, Politico reported….
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Marseille Jews Avoid French Wave of Attacks
At a time when Jewish institutions across France resemble military fortresses for their security, entering the great synagogue and main Jewish center of this picturesque city on the Mediterranean coast is as easy as pushing open the front door. The only obstacles on a recent Sunday were 20 children scampering around on their break from…
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Military Gala at the Pierre and ‘Waiting for Godot’ in Yiddish
Petraeus, Director of CIA, Honored at Soldiers,’ Sailors,’ Marines,’ Coast Guard and Airmen’s Club Gala It was gold braid, medals, military dress and evening gowns at the October 5 Soldiers,’ Sailors,’ Marines,’ Coast Guard and Airmen’s Club’s 16th annual military ball at The Pierre. David H. Petraeus, a retired U.S. Army general and now Director…
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America’s Blood Libel, Vegas Voters, Debate Tweetin’
In this week’s podcast, fill-in host Paul Berger is joined by opinion editor Gal Beckerman to discuss the most recent presidential debate and how instant reaction on Twitter might be harming political discourse. Then, staff writer Josh Nathan-Kazis calls in from Las Vegas to report on the influence of billionaire Sheldon Adelson on the Nevada…
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Romping Through Jewish Pumpkin Patch
In America, late October through November might as well be renamed “pumpkin season.” Across the country, people stock up on cans of pumpkin puree to stir into pies, pancakes and quick breads. They head to U-Pick pumpkin patches, as if on a pilgrimage, to pluck the plump orange gourds (which are native to this continent)…
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Decades-Old Blood Libel Case Roils Town
The only recorded blood libel accusation against American Jews occurred in 1928 in Massena, N.Y., a small industrial town on the Canadian border that for the next 84 years never brought up the episode. But today, Debbie Fuehring, program director at Massena Public Library, is eager to show a visiting reporter the box of rugelach…
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Beating Highlights Orthodox Split With Police
Jewish leaders’ reaction to a video of New York police beating a young man resisting arrest recently in an Orthodox-sponsored center highlighted a complex reality about the community’s relations with law enforcement. For many, the police are seen as a crucial source of protection from threatening neighbors, but also as a force whose conduct when…
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Shabbat Dinner Faces the Future With Panache
It’s a Friday night in Lower Manhattan, on the first Shabbath that truly feels like fall. 38 Prince Street looks as if it must have been a townhouse in a previous life. Now, with scant light shining through the foggy windows, and a locked, unmarked door, it looks almost haunted. I wonder if I have…
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