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Opinion Reporter Watches Bris — And It Ain’t Pretty
While I was researching my Forward story about circumcision and pain, I realized that I didn’t know what a circumcision actually looks like. I’ve only attended one bris — apart from my own — and there I didn’t have a good line of sight to the baby. I was particularly interested to know more about…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Aim To Ease Hardship Amid Protests
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayad announced measures to ease economic hardship following stepped up Palestinian protests in the West Bank. Fayad on Tuesday announced that the value added tax will be reduced by two percent to 15 percent and he lowered prices on diesel, gas and kerosene, following a meeting with ministers to discuss…
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Fast Forward Hiroshima Survivors Protest Nukes in Jerusalem
Survivors of the Hiroshima atomic bomb in Japan protested in Jerusalem against nuclear weapons. The survivors visited holy sites, including the Western Wall, on Monday, calling for the end of nuclear weapons, The Associated Press reported. They held signs in Japanese that read, “Nuclear Abolition.” “Any use of the atom [bomb] should be forbidden, even…
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News Tale of Two Gefiltes
Video: Nate Lavey At its origins, gefilte fish was a perfect example of peasant fare, what the Italians call cucina povera, a cuisine designed to extend limited resources across as many table settings as possible. Starting in the Middle Ages until about 60 years ago, balebustes, or skilled homemakers, visited fishmongers to purchase inexpensive fish…
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News Jewish Communities Grow Across Latin America
When the Sao Paulo Hebraica Sports Club and Community Center in Brazil opened the Aleph School earlier this month, it welcomed 450 students and had 120 more on the waiting list for next year. Hebraica, which is similar to an American Jewish community center, has reached 24,000 members and has a $30 million budget. Meanwhile,…
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The Schmooze David Copperfield and MLK
Magician David Copperfield has purchased a newly discovered 1960 audiotape interview of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and has donated it to the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. The tape was discovered by Stephon Tull of Chattanooga, Tenn. as he was cleaning out the attic in his father’s home. He found the…
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The Schmooze Fashion Week: Donna Karan’s Runway
Donna Karan showed off her Spring 2013 collection at the New York Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week this afternoon with the likes of Vogue editor Anna Wintour and New York Times fashion photographer Bill Cunningham looking on. Karan’s models wore a sophisticated, tailored silver dress with a cropped, matching blazer; a long, silver toga-esque dress, with a…
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The Schmooze Fashion Week: Diane Von Furstenberg’s Runway
Diane Von Furstenberg showed her new line at New York’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week yesterday. The models and Von Furstenberg wore Google Glasses, capturing footage for a video that will be produced after Fashion Week. The clothes — loose, drape-y dresses in reds, white and black — were classic Von Furstenberg. Von Furstenberg launched her first…
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