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Life Sex Therapy and the Holocaust
The fact that Dr. Ruth Westheimer, arguably the most famous sex therapist alive today, is also a Holocaust survivor always struck me as nothing more than a surprising coincidence. Survivors went on to occupy a range of professions — why not sex therapy, too? But it turns out that enduring trauma — or at least…
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Fast Forward UNESCO Sets Date for Controversial Exhibit on Jewish Presence in Israel
An opening date has been set for a previously postponed exhibition at UNESCO headquarters on the Jewish presence in the land of Israel. The Simon Wiesenthal Center announced Tuesday that its joint exhibition with the cultural arm of the United Nations, titled “Book, People, Land – The 3500 Year Relationship of the Jewish People With…
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The Schmooze This Larry David Insult Supercut Is Not For The Faint of Heart
Larry David is a heinous human being. That’s why we love him. But while his grumpy rants almost (almost) seem rational when put into some sort of context on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” watching them one after the other, devoid of any background story, is a whole other story — and a better one at that. So…
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Life Leah Vincent’s Journey
Leah Vincent’s new memoir, “Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood,” has a happy ending. But the rest of the book has a different tone. Born Leah Kaplan, Vincent grew up in Pittsburgh, the daughter of a prominent yeshivish (black hat) rabbi. She was one of 11 children in a household she…
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Fast Forward Helena Bonham Carter, Ephraim Mirvis Named to British Holocaust Commission
Actress Helena Bonham Carter and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis were among those chosen for the new British Holocaust Commission. Members of the commission, which will investigate ways to educate Britons about the Shoah, were announced Monday by Prime Minister David Cameron, the London Jewish Chronicle reported. The commission was set to meet on Monday, International…
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Fast Forward Women of the Wall Nearing Agreement With Israeli Government After Months of Negotiations
Women of the Wall is close to approving an agreement with the Israeli government to move the group’s monthly prayer service to a new egalitarian area. The report Monday in Haaretz was corroborated on the organization’s Facebook page. The agreement comes after months of negotiations between the organization and an Israeli government committee. In October,…
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The Schmooze Young Philanthropists Text for UJA-Federation
Outside it felt like the Arctic tundra, but on January 23, inside Tribeca’s Capitale, it was hot, hot, hot and festive as some 700 young 20’-30’ish Jewish philanthropists sipped Generositinis — the evening’s signature drink. They mobbed the sushi bar, and made repeat trips to the decadent “I’ll –start-my- diet-tomorrow”candy table groaning under the weight…
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Life I’m Observant — and I Wear Tzitzit
A few months ago, I was at the Kotel with my family. When I was leaving the site, a woman stopped me. She grabbed one of the knotted white fringes dangling from under my shirt and, in Hebrew, exclaimed “Tzitzit!? But this is forbidden!” No, I told her, it is permitted according to all major…
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