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Al Schwimmer, Father of Air Force
Al Schwimmer, a New York native whose actions were described by David Ben-Gurion as the Diaspora’s most important contribution to the survival of Israel, died June 11. He died on his birthday at age 94 in Tel Aviv. He used his contacts and experience as a World War II flight engineer for the U.S. Air…
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Why We Need the Hora
The hora is running on fumes. Go to any bar mitzvah or Jewish wedding, and sure, you’ll still find folks doing that primordial party dance. Some are kicking up a storm, faces glistening with glee (and sweat). But plenty more are simply squashed together, shuffling in the same general direction, feigning frolic. It feels less…
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Solving the Mystery of Washington’s Famous Letter
It started as a mystery. During a lecture in England last December, Jonathan Sarna, America’s foremost scholar of American Jewish history, said he did not know the whereabouts of one of American Jewry’s most important documents: George Washington’s letter to the Hebrew Congregation, in Newport, R.I. Upon this yellowed piece of 18th-century rag paper is…
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Are Jews Warming to the Tea Party?
It took Republican congresswoman and Tea Party icon Michele Bachmann less than 24 hours after President Obama’s Middle East address to launch an attack on him. On May 19, 150,000 residents in Iowa and South Carolina received robo-calls from Bachmann, accusing Obama of not standing up for Israel. Bachmann, who on June 13 formally joined…
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Conservative Judaism’s Umbrella Group Cuts 15 Jobs and Regional Operations
Conservative Judaism’s North American congregational umbrella has announced the elimination of its regional operations as it begins to implement the strategic plan it adopted this spring. The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism terminated 15 staff members and reshuffled others while announcing success in its early fundraising efforts and cuts to membership dues. The moves signal…
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Rick Jacobs To Take Helm of URJ Next Year
Rabbi Richard Jacobs was unanimously elected to serve as president of the Union for Reform Judaism. Jacobs, the senior rabbi at Westchester Reform Temple in Scarsdale, N.Y., was elected Sunday by the URJ board of trustees. He will assume the presidency in 2012, succeeding Rabbi Eric Yoffie. He was nominated earlier this year. “As I…
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Weiner Seeks Professional Treatment and Leave From Congress
New York Rep. Anthony Weiner, a rising Jewish political star and a staunch supporter of Israel, went today to seek professional treatment for the behavior he admitted to this week — exchanging sexual messages and photos with women he met online — and he’ll ask for a short leave from Congress for this purpose. “Congressman…
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Palestinians More Willing Than Israelis To Accept Obama’s Guidelines For Talks
Putting the onus on the Israeli side, a senior Obama adviser told Jewish leaders on Friday that the U.S. would like to see Israel re-enter peace talks based on parameters recently set forward by President Obama. Steve Simon, senior director for Middle East and North Africa at the National Security Council, indicated in a conference…
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Reporters’ Roundtable: How Israelis View Settlements; Life in New Square
In this week’s Forward Reporters’ Roundtable, Andrew Tobin, a Forward intern, joins host Josh Nathan-Kazis to discuss what’s behind the recent arson attack in the Hasidic community of New Square, N.Y. Josh also speaks with Joseph Dana, a Tel Aviv- and Ramallah-based journalist, about changing perceptions about the permanence of Israel’s occupation of the West…
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Making Food Policy Fairer
Jane Eisner, editor of the Forward, and Devra Ferst, editor of the Forward’s food blog, The Jew and the Carrot, talk with Oran B. Hesterman about his new book “Fair Food,” which details how public policy can and should shape the ways we grow and consume food. <strong>Subscribe to Forward podcasts on iTunes</strong>
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Allegations of Fake Holocaust Claims Just Keep Growing
New arrests, fresh guilty pleas and a growing number of witnesses co-operating with the FBI have bolstered an investigation into a multimillion dollar fraud at the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Many in the Russian-speaking community were stunned when 17 of their members — six Claims Conference employees in a New York processing…
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