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How B’nai B’rith’s Museum Went From Must-See Site to Oblivion
The B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum was once one of the country’s foremost Jewish institutions. Just 15 years ago, about 100,000 people per year flocked to the Klutznick, which sprawled across the first and second floors of B’nai B’rith’s flagship headquarters, on Rhode Island Avenue in Washington. But B’nai B’rith’s fading fortunes forced it…
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Palestinian Envoy Says Recognition is ‘Investment in Peace’
The Palestinian envoy to the UN, Riyad Mansour, said in an interview Thursday with France 24 that recognition of an independent Palestinian state would be “an investment in peace.” “If there is a global consensus on the two-state solution,” he said,” then what is the problem with legislating the existence of the state of Palestine?”…
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Israel Minister Says Gov’t May Fall Over Protests
Interior Minister Eli Yishai (Shas) said Thursday during a meeting with that the “time is ripe for an upheaval in the coalition” in order to solve the ongoing social crisis that has rocked the country over the past month. Yishai has repeatedly stated that his party will leave the government coalition if no solution is…
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Anti-Semitism Official Honored for Work
Hannah Rosenthal, the State Department envoy on anti-Semitism, was recognized for her work by the Haiti Jewish Refugee Legacy Project. Rosenthal received the project’s Tikkun Olam Award for her efforts to combat hate and intolerance. The award, which Rosenthal received on Aug. 3, is given to individuals or organizations that have dedicated themselves to Holocaust…
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Reporters’ Roundtable: Hasidic Police Services; Inspirational Israeli Protests
This week host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward fellow Naomi Zeveloff and Matt Shaer, a contributor to Harper’s, to discuss the rival Hasidic police services in Crown Heights. Then editor Jane Eisner drops in to explain why she thinks the housing protests in Israel should inspire American Jews. The group then turns to the…
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Noach Flug, Advocate for Holocaust Survivors, Dies at 86
Noach Flug, a tireless advocate for the rights of Holocaust survivors, has died in Jerusalem. He was 86, the Associated Press reported. The Center of Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel said Flug died Thursday morning at Shaare Zedek Hospital. Flug “worked day and night in Israel and around the world for the good of…
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Newspaper Article Transforms Lives of Holocaust Survivors, Not Once But Twice
As an archivist at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, it’s not unusual for me to hear from people who, six decades after World War II, are still searching for information about their relatives. I try to help, but most of the queries end up in dead ends. A recent request, however, turned out differently…
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Chelsea Hotel Braces for New Owners
The bohemian long-term residents of Manhattan’s Hotel Chelsea may be about to meet their match in the New York landmark’s new owners: a Moroccan-Jewish family with vast American real estate holdings and past legal difficulties. The Chetrit family, who purchased the famous property on August 1, has made clear its intention to remake the West…
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Yid Lit: Richard Zimler
Novelist Richard Zimler writes suspense thrillers set in Jewish history, earning him the moniker “the Jewish Dan Brown.” His novel, “The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon” is a murder mystery set in Portugal during the Spanish Inquisition. “The Seventh Gate” is takes place in 1930s Berlin, where a hero must translate medieval Kabalistic texts to save…
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New Square Flouts Building Safety Codes
With some of the hottest days of summer still ahead, New Square, a Hasidic village of the Skverer sect in upstate New York, is a catastrophe waiting to happen, local fire officials say. It is a fear that they have faced each summer for many years. Most of the buildings in the village violate the…
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Shabbat on the Queen Mary 2
It certainly wasn’t your average Friday night Sabbath. Here I was, aboard the Queen Mary 2, arguably one of the most famous passenger ships in the world. (The original Queen Mary ferried bygone passengers, like Cary Grant, the Duke of Windsor and Bing Crosby.) It was a sunny Friday morning, and I sat in my…
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