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Opinion Our Search for America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis
Two weeks ago, when the Forward launched its special editorial project America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis, we had no idea what to expect. We asked people of all ages, denominations and backgrounds to nominate a rabbi who has inspired them or who had a profound effect on their lives or in their communities. But would readers…
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Culture Just How Orthodox Are They?
For old-time readers of this newspaper, Seth Lipsky needs no introduction: Lipsky was the English Forward’s founder and first publisher back in 1990, and continued to direct it for most of the decade. His voice continues to be heard on the politically conservative side of the ledger, and in a January 20 column in the…
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Israel News Beit Shemesh, Israel’s Town of Ultra-Orthodox Hate, Steps Back From Brink
Next to the Modern Orthodox Orot Banot girls school in Beit Shemesh, fresh mounds of dirt and a huge hole in the ground indicate the spot where a community center is being built. Orot Banot was at the center of conflict between local haredi Orthodox extremists and Modern Orthodox residents in late 2011, after a…
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Fast Forward Designer John Galliano’s Outfit Wasn’t Mocking Ultra-Orthodox Jews: ADL
Designer John Galliano was just getting creative and was not mocking ultra-Orthodox Jews when he stepped out in a hat, pinstripe suit and curls, the Anti-Defamation League said. Claims the bad-boy French coutier was dressing in mock Hasidic attire are a “ridiculous, absurd distortion,” ADL chief Abraham Foxman said in a statement. “This is John…
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Fast Forward Jack Lew Wins Over Treasury Critics With Tax Reform Call
Jack Lew, President Barack Obama’s pick to be U.S. treasury secretary, on Wednesday defused heated questions from lawmakers about his work at Citigroup and managed to find common ground with critics over the need for tax reform. At a hearing on his nomination, Republicans blasted Lew with questions about his investment in a fund linked…
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Fast Forward Treasury Pick Jack Lew Faces Senate Grilling on Caymans, Bonus
Jack Lew, President Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the U.S. Treasury Department, faces a grilling about a big bonus he received from Citigroup and his plans for the government’s finances when he testifies before a Senate panel on Wednesday. Lew, a 57-year-old New Yorker who is White House chief of staff, is a budget wonk…
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Life Israel, A Democratic Orthodox State?
On Monday, 10 women were detained for participating in prayers while reading from the Torah and wearing religious garments at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. There are many wrongs in this event, but unfortunately, it will probably happen again until a major change occurs. Israel is by definition a Democratic Jewish state. Ever since it…
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News Orthodox Jew and Black Republican Tim Scott Make Strange Political Bedfellows
On a Saturday night following Shabbat, Nick Muzin arrayed on his dining room table what would turn out to be the winning strategy to elect the first black Republican to Congress from South Carolina in more than a century. The next night at the same table in his Charleston, S.C., home, Muzin hosted his weekly…
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