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News Conservatives Use 100-Year Marker To Push ‘Restart’ Button
At the recent centennial celebration of American Judaism’s Conservative movement, the top issue on everyone’s mind was nowhere on the formal agenda. But then, when leaders of the movement began planning the schedule for their conference months ago, the landmark survey of American Jews, released on October 1 by the Pew Research Center was still…
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Fast Forward Conservative United Synagogue Centennial Highlights Tough Times Ahead
(JTA) — It will be years before it’s clear whether or not this week’s conference of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism was a success. To be sure, the centennial gathering in Baltimore by nearly all accounts was a far more dynamic and well-attended biennial than those of recent years, drawing some 1,200 people. But…
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Opinion 5 Jewish Things About Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal turns 100 this year, and the party kicks off February 1 with celebrity appearances, musical entertainment and vendor promotions, including vintage 1913 prices at selected shops in the terminal. But six-cent loaves of rye bread at Zaro’s aren’t the only Jewish connection to the famed station. Here are five Jewish things to…
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Fast Forward Hadassah Hospital Unveils 19-Story Tower
A state-of-the-art, 19-floor tower was dedicated at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. The Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower, named for the mother of the late Detroit Pistons’ owner Bill Davidson, was dedicated Tuesday night as part of the events surrounding Hadassah’s convention in Israel marking 100 years since its founding. Davidson and his wife, Karen, and…
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