admin | January 23, 2020
THE CONVERSATION via AP I learned a lesson when conducting research for my recently published book, Family Papers: a Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century. I had discovered the story of a young Jewish man forgotten to history until now, a story that taught me that neither cultural affiliation nor family history is a reliable predictor of future behavior. In short, identity is not destiny, and all of us can fall prey to the tides of history.
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admin | January 23, 2020
By JLNJ Staff | January 23, 2020 (Courtesy of Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals) The Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals promotes an intellectually vibrant and inclusive Jewish vision to the broader community. Based on an unwavering commitment to the Torah tradition and to the Jewish people, it fosters an appreciation of legitimate diversity within Orthodoxy.
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admin | January 23, 2020
To The Editor: The Forward recently published an article by Marcin Wodzinski that was framed as a response to an article we wrote for the Forward more than a year ago about womens underrepresentation in our field of Jewish Studies.
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admin | January 23, 2020
(JTA) The latest episode of PBS celebrity genealogy show Finding Your Roots was a lesson in Jewish history. Titled Beyond the Pale a reference to the Pale of Settlement, the region of what was then Imperial Russia where many Ashkenazi Jews have roots the episode that aired Tuesday night explored the family trees of actor Jeff Goldblum, NPR host Terry Gross and comedian Marc Maron. As host Henry Louis Gates, Jr
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admin | January 23, 2020
For a brief time, Albert Einstein was a winter bird, flying to the comfortable climes of Pasadena for three winters, 1931, 1932 and 1933. He stayed the second and third time at Caltechs Athenaeum at what is now known as the Einstein Suite
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admin | January 23, 2020
It looks like the New York Times is reining in the Opinion sectionor at least wants to be seen as doing so.
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admin | January 23, 2020
Recently, on a friends Facebook page, an Arab Supremacist Israel-hater wrote the following to me: I respect Judaism for what it is, a religion. European Zionism is Colonialist and racist.
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admin | January 23, 2020
A prominent Middle East news correspondent got my attention a few years ago when, on a news panel, she articulated a thought I had pondered for years.
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admin | January 23, 2020
JANUARY 21, 2020 The following essay appears as the preface to How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish, edited by the authors and published today by Restless Books. We have to believe in free will.
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admin | January 22, 2020
The NYPD has released additional footage in an anti-Semitic attack on Chanukah i9n Boro Park.
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