In tapping Ira Forman to be Jewish point man, Obama campaign goes with an insider
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August 23, 2011
The fight for the Jewish vote in 2012 is expected to be a tough one.
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August 23, 2011
‘Rachel Corrie’ on stage: agitprop or art?
Tom Tugend
August 23, 2011
“The American Jewish community has a problem keeping silent,” says scholar Michael Berenbaum, and he ascribes the “problem” to guilt over our collective failure to speak up during the Holocaust.
Hollywood writers help rabbis punch up their sermons
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August 23, 2011
Ryan Bauer spent more than an hour struggling to develop a concept for his High Holy Days sermon during a recent workshop organized by the Board of Rabbis of Southern California. The rabbi from Congregation Emanu-El, a San Francisco Reform congregation, finally settled on an idea: The world is ending in 10 days. How would you spend that time?
Unmasking Bernie Madoff
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August 23, 2011
“They roar like a mouse and bite like a flea.”
One advocate’s argument for Israel’s longevity
Jonathan Kirsch
August 23, 2011
When Hirsh Goodman speaks about the destiny of Israel, people listen.
Charges dropped against Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Jewish Journal
August 23, 2011
A New York State Supreme Court judge has closed the sexual assault case against Dominique Srauss-Kahn.
New approach in effort to bring Russian-speaking U.S. Jews into the fold
Jewish Journal
August 23, 2011
When David Weinstein went to summer camp many years ago, the Jewish world was animated by the campaign to free Soviet Jewry.
Synagogue treasurer stabbed on Boy Scouts hike
Jewish Journal
August 23, 2011
Art Anderson, 76, a Boy Scouts hike leader and synagogue treasurer from Kokomo, Ind. was stabbed to death on Sunday in front of his Boy Scouts.
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