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Strict Divorce Rules Leave Women ‘Chained’ to Husbands
A Lakewood, N.J., rabbi and his wife are facing life in prison. They were brought up on kidnapping charges July 18 for their alleged roles in the abduction and beating of an Israeli man who refused to give his wife a Jewish divorce, otherwise known as a get. Shocking, right? Not really. Under Jewish law,…
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Fate Has Been Kind to Little Shul on Stanton Street
Just the other day, my friend Molly and I traveled back in time. No, we didn?t ingest any foreign substances or don a funny pair of 3-D goggles. We attended synagogue ? Congregation Bnai Jacob Anshei Brzezan. Or, to call it by its American name, the Stanton Street Shul. Built in 1913 on a narrow…
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New Technology Identifies Genes Behind Rare Eye Disorder
One night when Daria Zawadzki was 17 years old, she drove into oncoming traffic. Although no one was hurt, the accident convinced her that ?there was something wrong.? Zawadzki had been driving for a year, yet she could hardly see at night and wondered how others navigated roads in the dark. There were other incidents,…
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Leiby Kletzky Murder Reignites Fight Over Reporting Abuse
The abduction and murder of Leiby Kletzky in a heavily Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn has reignited a debate over when Jews can report sexual abuse to the authorities. Levi Aron, 35, was indicted on murder charges in the July 12 killing and dismemberment of 8-year-old Leiby. In a confession to police, Aron said he…
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Jewish Funds for Justice Loses Three Top Leaders
The Jewish Funds for Justice, a leading American Jewish organization focused on domestic economic and social policy, is losing three of its top executives just as it works to broaden its public profile. Despite the departure of CEO Simon Greer and two key aides, the group insists it will push ahead with ambitious expansion plans….
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Egg Creams Make a Comeback
New York is having an egg cream revival — again. That thought occurred to me in July, while parked on a counter stool at Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain, in Carroll Gardens, sipping the fizzy drink made from chocolate syrup, frosty milk and seltzer. Brooklyn Farmacy, which is fittingly housed in an actual former pharmacy,…
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New Index Ranks Top Israeli Beaches
The waves that come crashing into Tel Aviv’s Gordon Beach are usually inviting. But this summer, they’re repugnant. On July 11, for the third time since the bathing season began in May, Israel’s Health Ministry declared the water polluted, reporting traces of sewage and warning the public not to enter the water. If you’re setting…
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U.S. Critics of Islam Vow To Continue Activism After Oslo
Leading anti-Muslim voices in the United States said that they have no plans to adjust their activities or rhetoric, despite claims that their writing and political outlook provided sustenance for the alleged perpetrator of the terror attacks in and around Oslo. Anders Breivik, who was detained near the Norwegian capital on an island where at…
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Reporters’ Roundtable: Israelis Protest Rent; Debating Peoplehood; Weiner’s District
In this week’s podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by opinion editor Gal Beckerman, Forward fellow Naomi Zeveloff and staff writer Nathan Guttman to discuss the rent protests that are shaking Israel and the role these protest might play in Israeli politics. Then the group is joined by Daniel Septimus, the CEO and publisher of…
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‘Stroller March’ Protests Hit Israel
Thousands of people gathered in 16 locations across Israel Thursday, in what has been dubbed “the strollers march,” to protest the high costs of raising a family. Parents marched with their children in simultaneous protests in Tel Aviv, Rishon Letzion, Holon, Yehud, Modi’in, Ashdod, Sderot, Ra’anana, Nes Tziona, Rehovot and Be’er Sheva. A similar march…
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Author Janet Reitman Takes Look ‘Inside Scientology’
Though Scientology is a religion according to the United States government, to others it is a corporation, even a cult. Once best known for its famous followers — Tom Cruise and John Travolta among them — today Scientology is more noted for lawsuits and allegations by former members of censorship and extreme punishments. Janet Reitman,…
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