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Jews Stream Back to Germany
For decades after the Holocaust, many Jews harbored an almost instinctive aversion to things German. But today, tens of thousands of Israelis, Jews from the former Soviet Union and even many American Jews are actively choosing German citizenship. Sound unreal? It’s today’s reality. According to a study by Dr. Sima Salzberg of Bar-Ilan University, 100,000…
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Solving a Titanic Mystery, Surviving Passover Food
In this week’s podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis talks with Forward contributor Michael Hirsch and Forward managing editor Lil Swason about the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic and the Forverts’ coverage of the event. Then, Devra Ferst, editor of the Forward’s food blog, stops by to give some helpful hints on how to…
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Supermarkets Battle Over Israeli Matzo
Psst! That 5-pound bundle of Streit’s matzo you just bought for $8.99 probably cost the store about $14.99. Your friendly neighborhood supermarket manager was willing to take the $6 hit just to lure you in so you’ll stock up on Manischewitz gefilte fish and Gefen dish detergent. For years, supermarkets have treated Passover matzo as…
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Social Issues Drive Jews To Back Obama
With the battle over the Jewish vote in full swing, a new poll suggests that Democrats have little reason for concern: Jews are firmly in President Obama’s corner. And the reason, the poll suggests, has nothing to do with Obama’s views on Israel or Iran. It is all about the economy and social justice. The…
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Obama Celebrates Message of Passover
President Obama is looking forward to “a good bowl of matzo ball soup,” at the fourth annual White House Seder on Friday. Obama sent out his Passover greeting on Thursday, in which he speaks not only about his love for Passover dishes, but also on the meaning of the exodus story and the search for…
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Columbia University Hosts Charlie Rose’s Interview With Claude Lanzmann
“I hate the word ‘Holocaust’!” declared Claude Lanzmann, director of the nine and a half hour 1985 epic “Shoah,” during a March 20 interview with Public Broadcasting Service interviewer and broadcast journalist Charlie Rose at Columbia University’s Maison Française.. “To which god [were] 1 500,000 Jewish children sacrificed — gassed or killed — during World…
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Beinart Spars With Federation Head on Birthright
Peter Beinart and the president of the Boston Jewish federation sparred over Birthright Israel during a public event at Harvard University. Beinart, already in the news for calling for a boycott against Israeli settlements, slammed the travel program that has brought hundreds of thousands of young Jews to Israel. During a dialogue Wednesday with Barry…
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Food Pantries Swell at Passover
Rebecca speaks four languages and has four degrees. She also has four children, no job and a house that is about to slip into foreclosure. “I could be on the street soon, with four kids,” said Rebecca, a 44-year-old divorcée, as she loaded two bags of Passover food into a friend’s car outside a pop-up…
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U.N. Pushes West Bank Settlement ‘Probe’
A United Nations group’s decision to probe settlement activity on the West Bank has raised the specter of a new feud between Israel and the world body — and created a fresh headache for the White House. Israel quickly denounced the Human Rights Council’s resolution, which calls for a fact-finding commission to investigate the “implications”…
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Ancient App Called the Afikomen
How smart were our forebears? Without a single pad, pod or phone, indeed back when the only angry birds were the ones wondering who got the worm first, our elders figured out a way to keep children awake and excited for a whole night of religious discourse. They invented an app called the afikomen. That…
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Obama Riding High With Jewish Voters
For President Obama and the Jews, it’s starting to look like 2008 all over again. A new survey of Jews shows 62% plan to vote for the president, roughly similar to where he stood at this time four years ago when he went on to garner nearly 80% of the Jewish vote in November. About…
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