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The Darkening World Of American Judaism
The Washington Post reports: Like so many Jewish women, Anne Suissa pursued her education and career with gusto, earning degrees from Cornell and MIT and going on to manage 27 people at the U.S. Department of Transportation. Suissa always knew … Continue reading
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Tagged american judaism, fertility treatments, jewish ancestry, low fertility rates, reform synagogue, susan abramson
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Arizona Jewish Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords critical after shot in the head
As soon as the news broke from Tucson, the New York Times began reporting that the shooting might have been politically motivated by right-wingers such as Sarah Palin. This was in its news reports (since deleted). It turns out the … Continue reading
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Tagged congresswoman gabrielle giffords, ezra klein, five books of moses, Gabrielle Giffords, john boehner, reform synagogue, rep john boehner
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Dennis Prager Speaks At Reform Temple
From Cleveland Jewish News: Both Eisenberg and Prager have strong feelings about CUFI, a national organization dedicated to giving Christians an opportunity to speak with one voice in support of Israel. CUFI members are “among the most decent people I … Continue reading
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Tagged cleveland jewish news, Dennis Prager, intellectual openness, reform congregations, Reform Judaism, reform synagogue
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Are Liberals Open-Minded?
Dennis Prager writes: I can personally attest to the closed-mindedness among Jewish liberals. Despite having written two best-selling Jewish books and hundreds of articles on Jewish issues, and having lectured to virtually every major Jewish organization in North America for … Continue reading
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Tagged conservative speakers, Dennis Prager, jewish day schools, orthodox jew, reform synagogue, reform temples
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Make Heather Pink’s Dreams Come True
Click here for her Amazon.com wish list. I met Heather Pink and her boyfriend Andrew Parker in Tampa Bay between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur of 2005. We were at the “Tampa Show”, an informal gathering of Shakespeare scholars. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandeis University, noel ashman, real estate investor, reform synagogue, rosh hashanah and yom kippur, shakespeare scholars
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Shanda!
Joe emails: A reform jew is walking down the street and he looks in the window of the kosher deli. He does a double take as he is utterly shocked to see his reform synagogue’s pulpit rabbi eating lunch. He … Continue reading
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Tagged Kashrut, kosher deli, reform jew, reform synagogue, shanda
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Betty and the menace to the bio-Jewess
Lilit Marcus writes on Jewcy.com: A few weeks ago, I wrote a post on Jewcy about my Jewish identity – more specifically, about not knowing Hebrew and wondering if that made me less of a Jew. I also referenced the … Continue reading
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Tagged amalek, first cousin, goyim, jewish man, lilit, luke ford, orthodox jews, reform synagogue, Satmar, shiksa, two generations, yellow peril
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