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Fast Forward Orthodox Town Braces for Sandy
With Hurricane Sandy pounding the Jersey Shore, residents of the predominantly Jewish town of Lakewood were taking every precaution to be safe. Township officials closed public schools and canceled busing on Monday and Tuesday, meaning Lakewood’s large private school population, the majority of which attend local yeshivas, would not have transportation to and from school….
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Fast Forward Far-Right Italians Reenact Mussolini’s Rome March
Hundreds of far-right Italians converged on Predappio, the town in northern Italy where Benito Mussolini was born and is buried, to mark the 90th anniversary of the “march on Rome” that brought the Fascist dictator to power. The crowds chanted “Duce, Duce” and gave the fascist salute during Sunday’s anniversary march. Hardcore Fascists mark the…
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Opinion 31 Jews in Congress
As the election enters its final stretch, the Forward is making some final projections for our congressional scorecard based on the latest polling results. We now predict at least 31 Jews — 10 in the Senate and 21 in the House of Representatives — will serve in the next Congress, a slight rise from the…
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News Hunkering Down as Sandy Roars Up Coast
Officials have ordered the evacuation of several heavily Jewish Brooklyn neighborhoods in the face of the once-in-a-generation hurricane barreling towards New York City and the Jersey Shore. Some in the Hurricane Sandy-threatened areas are taking the warnings seriously. Others, less so. “Everyone is just drinking cocktails and hanging out,” said Dan Sieradski, a guest at…
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Fast Forward Jewish Neighborhoods in Sandy’s Crosshairs
Evacuations were ordered in predominantly Jewish Brooklyn neighborhoods of Brighton Beach and Coney Island as Hurricane Sandy lumbered up the East Coast, shutting down subways and sending shoppers in a panic before she even makes landfall. The oceanfront areas are in New York City’s so-called Zone A, along with Manhattan Beach, which city officials say…
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Fast Forward Swiss Use Alpine Bunkers for Priceless Art Storage
A metal door set into a mountain in Switzerland offers a way out for fine art investors forced to pay over the odds to insure their collections. The doorway leads into a disused military bunker, one of several being sold off by the Swiss government and whose echoing, climate-controlled chambers, once used to stockpile munitions,…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Memorial Defaced on Greek Island
A Holocaust memorial in Rhodes was defaced by unknown vandals. The Holocaust Memorial to the Jews of Rhodes was spray painted with swastikas on all six sides of the memorial. The initials AME also were spray painted on the monument, and may refer to an unknown organization, according to the Greek Helsinki Monitor. The attack…
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Life 8 Jewish DIY Projects
Pickling cucumbers, cultivating yeast for Challah, sewing tallit … these hebraic homesteading projects are certainly not for everyone. But most Jews would agree that plenty of our traditions instill a cool-before-it-was-cool “Do It Yourself” aesthetic. This is a culture that often made do with very little and did it all behind closed doors, or within…
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