November 5, 2012

Poster collection looted by Nazis to be auctioned

Jewish Journal November 5, 2012

A collection of pre-World War II posters that were returned to the heir of a Jewish dentist who fled the Nazis is going on sale. The more than 4,300 posters collected by Hans Sachs and looted by the Nazis will be auctioned at Guernsey\’s in New York on Jan. 18, though the auction house is seeking to sell the entire collection to one buyer. The posters are worth about $5.8 million, according to Bloomberg.

Preventing election hangover: We can still be the ‘United’ States of America

Jewish Journal November 5, 2012

Wiesel says he and Obama are teaming for book

Jewish Journal November 5, 2012

Elie Wiesel and President Obama are writing a book together, the Holocaust survivor and author told an Israeli newspaper.

From Madoff to Sandy and on eve of GA, federations retool when crisis hits

Jewish Journal November 5, 2012

The national headquarters of the Jewish Federations of North America could not have been in a worse location when Sandy struck.

A young Republican activist’s final plea before election day

Jewish Journal November 5, 2012

The upcoming 2012 presidential election is the most important of our generation. In the past four years under the direction of our current president, the United States has become a morass of economic volatility and disappointment.

Sandy flooding closing offices of Forward, several Jewish organizations ‘for months’

Jewish Journal November 5, 2012

A Manhattan office building that houses the Jewish Daily Forward and several Jewish organizations may be closed for several months due to flood damage sustained from Hurricane Sandy.

Last pushes for Jewish votes in Ohio, other swing states stir emotions

Jewish Journal November 5, 2012

The family wedding. The entrance to the local synagogue. The future of Israel. Your precious grandchild.

How to talk about Judaism in an inter-religious environment? Seminar in Italy

Klaudia Klimek November 5, 2012

A response to stiff-necked playwright David Mamet

Jewish Journal November 5, 2012

David Mamet recently asked the following questions of “Jews planning to vote for Obama.” Herewith, my responses.

Marty Kaplan: My Chris Christie hypocrisy

Marty Kaplan November 5, 2012

I was against Chris Christie before I was before him. If Obama wins, when all the exit polling gets sorted through, it’s those images of the Democratic president touring the hurricane damage arm-in-arm with the Republican governor that may turn out to have given him his advantage.

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Poster collection looted by Nazis to be auctioned

Preventing election hangover: We can still be the ‘United’ States of America

Wiesel says he and Obama are teaming for book

From Madoff to Sandy and on eve of GA, federations retool when crisis hits

A young Republican activist’s final plea before election day

Sandy flooding closing offices of Forward, several Jewish organizations ‘for months’

Last pushes for Jewish votes in Ohio, other swing states stir emotions

How to talk about Judaism in an inter-religious environment? Seminar in Italy

A response to stiff-necked playwright David Mamet

Marty Kaplan: My Chris Christie hypocrisy

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