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Russian Jews Organize Against Iran
Sitting at the head of an expansive boardroom table at the luxury Setai hotel in Manhattan, Alexander Levin ponders the 300-square-foot room in Odessa, Ukraine, where he was raised. It is January 23, two days before Levin will address up to 600 guests at the United Nations in a ceremony organized by the Ukrainian and…
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A Fraught Journey To Judaism
I’ve spent most of my adult life on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, where the reigning deity is liberal politics, and in Miami Beach, where the locals worship sun-bronzed physical perfection. Not that there’s anything wrong with either one. But there came a point — amid an array of midlife disjunctions, including an empty…
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Reporters’ Roundtable: Fayyad, College Presidents
In this week’s podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward editor Jane Eisner and Forward fellow Naomi Zeveloff to discuss Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad and his hopes for Palestinian statehood. Then, the group turns to discuss the Israel debate on US college campuses and how college presidents are handling the sometimes-toxic atmosphere. Finally,…
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Yair Lapid May Wind Up Helping Bibi
Yair Lapid, anchor of Israel’s most popular weekend news show, columnist in the best-selling newspaper Yediot Aharonot, author, screenwriter and one-time actor, is the self-styled voice of what he calls the “42%.” According to his calculation, this is the proportion of the population that is Jewish, secular and Zionist. It’s a political constituency for which…
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Shorn Matisyahu Takes Different Path
No one noticed Matisyahu when he climbed onstage at a downtown Manhattan concert venue in early January, drinking a cup of tea under dark red lights. It wasn’t until the onetime Hasidic reggae superstar took off his fleece cap, revealing a velvet yarmulke, that fans connected the gaunt, stubble-faced man with the yeshiva boy who…
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A Tribute To Adrienne Cooper
A Tribute To Adrienne Cooper — Beloved Yiddishist, Activist and Musical Star “God’s bank vault is filled with tears shed for loss,” Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky said to a crowd of 900 at the January 1 memorial for Adrienne Cooper, held at the New York City congregation Ansche Chesed. Cooper, who died December 25 at age…
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Kars4Kids Charity Reneged on Deal
An Orthodox Jewish charity known for its omnipresent radio jingles has lost a federal lawsuit over $300,000 in scholarships that were allegedly promised to Jewish day school students. A federal jury found in favor of the school on January 12 for the full amount demanded. A charity closely affiliated with Kars4Kids, which runs a high-profile…
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Steinhardt Must Return $500,000 in Gains
A Delaware judge has ordered hedge fund manager Michael Steinhardt to return $500,000 in profits earned from trades made using confidential information. The order by Court of Chancery Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster does not constitute a criminal charge against Steinhardt, a major Jewish philanthropist, and it is not a fine. But Laster ordered Steinhardt…
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Clergy Push Debbie Friedman Song
About two weeks before she died, Debbie Friedman stood with Rabbi Joy Levitt at the piano in Levitt’s Manhattan apartment, and she shared with her friend a melody that the legendary singer and composer would never have the chance to record. It was a new version of “Shalom Aleichem,” the hymn traditionally sung Friday evenings…
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Crimson Tide’s Jewish Secret Weapon
Since Alabama’s football team won the national championship, most of the credit has gone to head coach Nick Saban. But what about Robert Levin? Pediatrician by day, Levin has been Alabama’s band announcer – better known as the “Voice of the Million Dollar Band” – for 21 seasons. So he’s been around for three national…
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Ethiopians Rally Against Racism in Israel
Hundreds of demonstrators hit the streets of the Israeli town of Kiryat Malachi on Tuesday afternoon, protesting what they call the discrimination of Ethiopian immigrants. According to Ethiopian residents of Kiryat Malachi, housing committees in the city have been refusing to sell them apartments. The protest was not only attended by Ethiopian immigrants, but by…
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