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Fast Forward 280 Graduate From Chabad Rabbi School
Chabad’s Rabbinical College of America in Morristown, N.J., plans to ordain 280 new rabbis at an event the movement is billing as the largest ordination class in the modern era. The Sept. 9 program will feature former Israeli Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Israel Meir Lau and other rabbinic dignitaries. The newly minted rabbis, some of whom…
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News From IDF to the Catwalk
Walking into New York’s Lincoln Center, a venue at this year’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, is like entering an alternate universe. Muscled security guards watch over the doors, making sure only ticket-holders or grungy looking camera crews make it past their presence. Back stage, models, who all seem to look alike, disappear in and out of…
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Fast Forward Catholics Warn Israel on Anti-Christian Attacks
The “price tag” vandalism this week of the monastery at Latrun, in which the culprits sprayed the building’s facade with the words “Jesus is a monkey” and set the front door alight, prompted a fierce statement of condemnation signed by Catholic church leaders here. In a rare interview, Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa cautioned Israelis over how…
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Israel News Taking Nomination, Obama Vows Support for Israel
President Barack Obama, who on Thursday officially accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for presidency, pledged in his speech to the Democratic convention to maintain his support for Israel and to counter Iran’s nuclear ambition. In a brief reference to Middle East issues in a speech which was otherwise focused on domestic affairs, Obama said that,…
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The Schmooze Fashion Week: Max Azria’s Runway
Models strutted the runway at Fashion Week at Lincoln Center today showcasing BCBGMAXAZRIA’s Spring 2013 collection, inspired by photographer Helmut Newton’s test Polaroid shots from a trip to San Tropez in 1978. Max Azria’s wife Lubov Azria, who helps him design both the BCBGMAXAZRIA and the Hervé Léger lines, explained prior to the show that…
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The Schmooze Bar Rafaeli Over the Moon
Bar Rafaeli’s new photo shoot has us over the moon. Passionata, a French lingerie company, chose the Israeli supermodel to be the face (and, of course, body) for their brand. The eclectic mix of pictures features Rafaeli as a “lunar swinger” in a “space hammock” that looks like a crescent moon. Perhaps in homage to…
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The Schmooze Judy Blume’s Cancer Diagnosis
Children’s book author Judy Blume has been diagnosed with cancer. She revealed the news in an apology on her blog to fans who had hoped to meet her at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival in July. She did not stick around after the premier of ‘Tiger Eyes’ (adapted from her 1981 novel and directed…
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Fast Forward Art Modell, Football Team Owner, Dies at 87
Art Modell, former owner of the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens and the Cleveland Browns, has died. The 87-year-old Modell, a pioneer of the National Football League’s partnership with television networks, died Thursday of natural causes at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Modell was well-known for his philanthropic activities and had been a supporter of The Associated: Jewish Community…
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