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Actress Meredith Baxter Comes Out As A Lesbian

Dennis Prager said on his radio show today: “The LGBT crowd and its defenders tell us that sexual orientation is fixed. Are you worried we are going to make kids gay? That’s the argument and it is largely accurate with … Continue reading

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The Coen Brothers On Judaism

From the Boston Globe: Earlier in the evening, I had attended a screening of the remarkable new Coen brothers film, "A Serious Man,” hosted at Brandeis by the National Center for Jewish Film. The film is being compared to Job … Continue reading

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Boston’s Maimonides School Devastated By Bernie Madoff

The Boston Globe reported Dec. 17: The Maimonides School, the oldest and largest Jewish day school in Greater Boston, is warning parents that it has lost a steady source of income because a bequest that benefited the school lost 60 … Continue reading

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Did Charities Do Due Diligence On Their Bernard Madoff Investments?

Here’s a tax filing from the now defunct Robert I. Lappin Charitable Foundation, which invested with Madoff. Their website. If you go to pages 23, 24, you’ll see their investment activities with Madoff. The Foundation had about $8 million. They … Continue reading

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Jews Argue Over The Ethics Of Kashrut

From the Boston Globe: The raid on Agriprocessors’ Iowa plant has sparked debate in the Jewish community about the role of ethical considerations in the production of kosher food and sets the backdrop against which the moderate Conservative movement will … Continue reading

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