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Where Are The Haredi Voices In Jewish Publications?

Rabbi Avi Shafran of Agudath Yisrael writes: Yet all too often, only one side of each of those issues, and others, is regularly presented in the pages of some Jewish papers, including the Jewish Week. They tend to report and … Continue reading

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Marc Gafni Writes About His Third Marriage

He blogs: I will never forget one of my early dates with Cary. We were walking Jerusalem’s streets. It was late, the silence was luminous. It was one of those moments when intimacy lets you enter for a moment. I … Continue reading

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An Interview With Novelist Melodie Bowsher

I talk to Melodie by phone Aug. 7, 2008 about her new book My Lost and Found Life. Luke: "You were the first woman hired by the Wall Street Journal?" Melodie: "That is correct. I hate to say how long … Continue reading

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Life In Harlem

By Susan Crain Bakos .A thug named Mykul—all 6-foot-5-inches and 250 pounds of him—knocked me, a 5-foot-2, 120-pound “grammy” to three, down to the concrete. I was in front of St. Nick’s Pub, at 10:30 on a Monday night this … Continue reading

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Orit Arfa Too Proud To Do The Little Bit Extra Necessary To Get A SAG Voucher

From the Jewish Journal, Orit writes: So I was sitting in “holding” barely shaded by the hot sun in Long Beach where they were filming the TV show Dexter. I had woken up at 5 a.m. again, very tired, when … Continue reading

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