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Life Under Cover: Taxonomy of The Yarmulke
Under Cover from Jewish Daily Forward on Vimeo. If you see my husband and son walking on the street, you will instantly know that they’re Orthodox Jews — because they are wearing small, round cloth caps, more widely known as yarmulkes. Much like the sheitel, or wig, that many Orthodox women wear, you can tell…
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Fast Forward Layoffs at Cash-Crunched United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Conservative Judaism’s embattled congregational arm has laid off a handful of senior staffers amid its ongoing financial crisis, the Forward has learned. The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism handed out at least four pink slips, just a week after announcing it would sell its Manhattan headquarters. The USCJ confirmed the layoffs. “We recently had a…
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Fast Forward Conservative Judaism’s Leading Rabbinic School Selling Off Real Estate Assets
The leading rabbinical school of Conservative Judaism will sell development rights at its historic Upper West Side property, and plans to use the proceeds to build a new library and conference center. The Jewish Theological Seminary of America is contacting bidders to offer two residence halls and air rights to its main campus, a total…
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Fast Forward USCJ Sells Manhattan Headquarters To Stem Red Ink
Facing a continuing financial crunch, Conservative Judaism’s congregational arm plans to soon sell its two-story Manhattan headquarters. The proposed sale, announced January 20, would mark the second time the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism has sold its offices in less than a decade. In the meantime, the group has suffered years of financial crises from…
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Fast Forward USCJ Sells Manhattan Headquarters To Stem Red Ink
Facing a continuing financial crunch, Conservative Judaism’s congregational arm plans to soon sell its two-story Manhattan headquarters. The proposed sale, announced January 20, would mark the second time the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism has sold its offices in less than a decade. In the meantime, the group has suffered years of financial crises from…
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Opinion ‘Pope’s Rabbi’ Wants New Argentina Terror Probe
Rabbi Abraham Skorka chats with Pope Francis during their visit to Holy Land last year. /Getty Images (JTA) — Rabbi Abraham Skorka traveled from Buenos Aires to Washington to wax lyrical about his passion – interfaith dialogue – and intimate about his well-known pal, Pope Francis. Also to plug his movement, the Masorti movement, and its…
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Opinion Did We Get USY’s Interfaith Dating Shift Wrong?
lior zaltzman Ever since publication of my Dec. 23 story on the decision by United Synagogue Youth to relax its rules barring teenage USY board members from dating non-Jews (“USY drops ban on interdating”), JTA has found itself at the center of a firestorm about coverage of the Conservative youth movement’s decision. Rabbi Julie Schonfeld,…
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Opinion Sticking by Shabbat Was Real Story at USY
(Haaretz) — The Jewish Telegraphic Agency wire service ran an article about the United Synagogue Youth’s annual international convention, under the headline “USY drops ban on interdating.” Unfortunately, this headline, which was widely circulated among Jewish news outlets, failed to capture the real issue that emerged from the confab. A more apt headline would have been…
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