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Opinion Is Israel Playing Into Hands of Hamas?
Palestinians celebrate new Fatah-Hamas unity // Getty Images. A few days ago, Israel was engaged in a bitter blame game with the Palestinians, with each side accusing the other of being responsible for sabotaging peace talks. Now, Israel is competing for recognition as the party that brought the flagging talks to an end. The Palestinians…
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News Two Popes Who Changed the World for Jews
(JTA) — Popes John Paul II and John XXIII are being declared saints of the Roman Catholic church on April 27, which is also the eve of Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. It’s a coincidence but a notable one. These two post-Holocaust pontiffs revolutionized relations between Catholics and Jews, fostering interfaith dialogue and embedding…
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Fast Forward Reform Jews Win Equal Rights in European Court Ruling Against Hungary
European Reform Jews landed what they said was an important victory in their legal fight for equal recognition and funding from the governments of Hungary and Poland. The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, ruled earlier this month against the Hungarian government, the union’s president, Leslie Bergman, said on Thursday, during his organization’s…
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The Schmooze For The Last Time, Seth Meyers Is Not Jewish
Seth Meyers. Comedian. Host of the “Late Night Show.”Nice Jewish Boy. Right? Except he’s not. The comedian and newly-minted host of the Late Night Show on NBC reiterated his tribe-less status last night after receiving a Montreal Expos yarmulke from a fan. “I’m not Jewish,” he said. “Not everybody thinks I’m Jewish, but every single…
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Life Cecylja Klaften Educated Polish Girls
Welcome to Throwback Thursday, a weekly photo feature in which we sift 116 years of Forward history to find snapshots of women’s lives. Forward Association An unsung hero of Jewish girls education in inter-war Poland, Dr. Cecylja Klaften came to New York City in 1938 as part of a fundraising effort held at Mecca Temple…
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Life Alicia Silverstone’s Clueless Parenting Advice
Getty Images Alicia Silverstone has a new book out and I wonder why it is selling. For starters, it has a impossible to remember title, the sort that only Fiona Apple can get away with: “The Kind Mama: A Simple Guide to Supercharged Fertility, a Radiant Pregnancy, a Sweeter Birth, and a Healthier, More Beautiful…
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The Schmooze Wearing (Jewish) Heart on Her Sleeve — Or T-Shirt
Anne Grant collects T-shirts. Not just any T-shirts. Jewish T-shirts. The 23-year-old has roughly 100 of them, purchased through eBay, donated by friends, gathered from bar mitzvahs. It all started about a year ago, when a friend showed her the Hillel sweatband she had gotten from the University of Pennsylvania. “I thought the object was…
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The Schmooze Joan Rivers Makes Another Tasteless Joke And Refuses to Apologize
Joan Rivers is under fire for a joke she made while on the “Today” show with daughter Melissa on Tuesday. Speaking about the guest room her daughter’s Malibu home, Rivers said:“Those women in the basement in Cleveland had more space” — referring to the three women held for over a decade in Ariel Castro’s “house of…
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