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Jewish Theological Seminary Will Shutter its Cantorial School
As part of a major restructuring effort, the Jewish Theological Seminary announced last week that its cantorial school, traditionally separate from the rabbinical school, will be integrated into the rabbinical… Read More
My Latest Correspondence with the Late Howard Zinn
Tuesday morning, January 26, just two days ago, I wrote half a dozen leaders of progressive thought and action in America the letter that follows. One of the people was… Read More
Limbaugh draws ADL rebuke over remark
Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh is being criticized by the Anti-Defamation League for remarks on Jews and the banking industry. During a Jan. 20 broadcast following Republican Scott Brown’s… Read More
Federation Group Retools, Moves 2010 General Assembly
Last year, the run-up to the annual conference of Jewish federations saw the federation’s umbrella body announce a name change and install a new CEO. This year, months before the… Read More
When Art Imitates Life
On January 21, 2010 a Jewish teenager’s tefillin diverted a US Airways flight. Here’s the New York Times story. Then read Comedian Joel Chasnoff’s foreshadowing of the event several years… Read More
Dowd’s Evening in L.A. with the Rabbi
What requests did New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd leave in the cracks of the Western Wall when she accompanied President George W. Bush, and later President Obama, on their… Read More
Report: Ex-CIA director asked to wiretap Jewish rep.
A former CIA director asked for a wiretap on a Jewish congresswoman after she allegedly agreed to intervene on behalf of two indicted former AIPAC staffers.
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Skokie Holocaust museum opens
Thousands of people marked the opening of a Holocaust museum in Skokie, Ill.
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Anti-Semitic graffiti found on Norfolk synagogues
Anti-Semitic graffiti was found on several synagogues in Norfolk, Va.
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Durban II counter-conference opens in N.Y.
A Durban II counter-conference is being held in New York.
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U.S. asks court to lift Demjanjuk deportation stay
The U.S. Justice Department asked a federal appeals court to lift a stay of deportation for convicted Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk.
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