richards | August 11, 2017
PokerStars needed to become more entertaining to the masses, Stars Group CEO Rafi Ashkenazi said, which is why his company has shifted its focus away from efforts that appeal to skilled players. Stars Group CEO Rafi Ashkenazi tells viewers of Bloomberg TV that hes pleased with the companys current business plan, with the positive results flowing as the site turns away from serious pro players. (Image: Bloomberg.com) Speaking to Bloomberg in his first TV interview since taking charge of the recently renamed The Stars Group (formerly Amaya), Ashkenazi explained that hes currently sizing up merger and acquisition opportunities
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richards | August 11, 2017
PokerStars has a stern, and unusual, message for some of its most passionate clients: Quit winning so much. PokerStars says these gamblers -- semi-professional types who play hand after hand day and night -- became a problem after they grew too numerous and have taken advantage of the thousands of novice bettors who account for the lions share of all wagers made on the worlds largest poker website.
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admin | August 11, 2017
Are you Team Latke or Team Hamentashn? By Julian Cardillo 14 and Caroline CataldoAug. 10, 2017 Deciding which of these two Jewish culinary staples is the most quintessentially Jewish would be much easier if there was a cook-off, tasting and debate pitting one against the other.
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richards | August 11, 2017
Touro Synagogue, nestled in historic Newport, Rhode Island. (John Nordell/ Christian Science Monitor/Getty) NEW YORK The story of Americas oldest synagogue, as told by retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter, is the story of American Jewish history
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admin | August 10, 2017
The owner of PokerStars, which recently decided to rebrand itself, is writing a new chapter of the companys history with a more than 200 percent increase in its second quarter net income.
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admin | August 9, 2017
Rafi Ashkenazi, chief executive officer of The Stars Group Inc., the online gambling company formerly called Amaya Inc., said he expects strong performance to continue after making major changes to recover from last years downswing. Amaya had a rough 2016 with weak earnings and the departure of its founder David Baazov amid insider trading charges
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admin | August 9, 2017
Like the sauerkraut carefully placed inside a hot pastrami on rye, or the jam peering invitingly through the triangular windows of hamantaschen, preserves play a central, centuries-old and perhaps-overlooked role in Jewish cuisine. Now, a first-of-its-kind book aims to, ahem, preserve the tradition. In The Joys of Jewish Preserving, Chicago-based food writer and blogger Emily Paster shares 75 recipes that will get readers reaching for their cans and jars as they learn to make jams and pickled foods, including holiday fare.
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richards | August 9, 2017
Jewish Chronicle Verdict in 100-year American shul dispute Jewish Chronicle Ironically, it may take the highest secular court in America the Supreme Court to decide who owns its oldest shul in a case that highlights historic tensions between the Sephardi and Ashkenazi communities. That scenario became a real possibility ... Who owns America's oldest shul?
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simmons | August 9, 2017
Touro Synagogue, nestled in historic Newport, R.I., is the oldest extant synagogue in the United States, Sept. 2, 2004.
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admin | August 6, 2017
NEW YORK (JTA) The story of Americas oldest synagogue, as told by retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter, is the story of American Jewish history. Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, Souter wrote, was built in the 1700s by Sephardic merchants whose community then declined. In the late 1800s, Eastern European Jews arrived in the area, occupied the building and have used it to this day
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