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70 Years After Destruction, Memory of Lithuanian Community Lives in Diaspora
People from my grandfather’s hometown in Lithuania were known to be proud of their roots. It was said that if you asked a traveling Keidan Jew where he was from, he would puff up, thump his chest and say, “Me? I’m a Keidaner!” — so forcefully that outsiders gave them the Yiddish nickname “gribl in…
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Line Between Anti-Israel and Anti-Semitic Protests Splits AJC
As campus protests have continued against Israeli policies towards the Palestinians, and sometimes, against Israel itself, Jewish groups have been at odds over how to distinguish legitimate debate about Israel from anti-Semitism, and beyond that, at what point such protests may arguably constitute a violation of Jewish students’ civil rights. That debate, it’s now clear,…
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Birthright Plans Israel Trip for Alumni Journalists
On August 1, Taglit-Birthright Israel, the group that offers young Jews free 10-day tours to Israel, announced a new trip for a particular subset of Jews: professional journalists. More specifically, journalists who are alumni of Birthright. Since Birthright is in the business of fostering Diaspora Jews’ love for Israel (full disclosure: I went on such…
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After Riots, Jews Stayed in Crown Heights
On the morning of July 22, 1966, The New York Times pushed aside its coverage of the Vietnam War and the Gemini 10 space flight mission to devote its lead story to a riot that had struck the Brooklyn neighborhood of East New York the previous night. Next to the article appeared a photo of…
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Acccused Killer of Leiby Kletzky Speaks
The accused killer of Brooklyn boy Leiby Kletzky reportedly said he tries not to think about the brutal murder and says he “panicked,” but stopped short of apologizing for what he called “the incident.” Speaking out for the first time, Levi Aron told the Daily News that he has difficulty even thinking about the days…
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Summer Camps for Jewish Seniors Live On
Inside the main hall of the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, seven campers formed a circle and tried their best to dance in step to the lively beat of a do-se-do coming from a boombox. Their instructor, Sylvia Rosenblatt, found them wanting. “No, listen to me,” she said sternly. “You’re mixing it up with the…
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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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