Daniel Treiman
By Daniel Treiman
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Life A Bipartisan Sport: Blame the ADL
The ADL has “allied itself with right-wing forces in our country.” ADL chief Abraham Foxman soft-pedals his criticism of the religious right “in the name of solidarity toward Israel.” The ADL’s positions are “usually those of the liberal wing of the Democratic party”. Foxman fights those on the religious right so strenuously that maybe they…
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Life Bar Mitzvah Smackdown: Chabad vs. Reform
Are Chabad bar mitzvahs a joke? Are Reform bar mitzvahs “institutional extortion”? The JTA’s Ami Eden has the blow-by-blow on the debate over which movement does a better bar mitzvah.
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Life The Glass Is 85% Full
The ADL concludes from its latest survey that 15% of Americans have “unquestionably antisemitic” views. Interestingly, this proportion matches perfectly the percentage of Americans who said, in a different survey, that they wouldn’t want a Jewish president. In any case, according to a recent Pew survey, we’re better liked than many other religious groups: 76%…
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Life In Other Jewish Newspapers: Uri Geller Speaks, Seeking Mt. Sinai, Rabbi Against Multiculturalism
ARABS AGAINST DIVIDING JERUSALEM: New York’s Jewish Week finds that some East Jerusalem Arabs aren’t too excited about the prospect of Palestinian rule. Also in the Jewish Week: Writing about a Charles Bronfman-sponsored contest seeking “The Next Big Jewish Idea,” editor Gary Rosenblatt questions whether Jews really need another one. We already have a big…
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Life Avi Shafran Likes the New Reform Prayerbook — Sort of
Rabbi Avi Shafran — spokesman for the ultra-Orthodox Agudath Israel of America — seems genuinely excited about the Reform movement’s new prayerbook. To be sure, the Reform Siddur “Mishkan T’filah” is pretty far from what Shafran would consider an ideal prayerbook, but he’s pretty pleased by its steps toward tradition — particularly its inclusion of…
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News Yid Vid: She’s Got a Crush on Ann Coulter
Leah Kauffman, the singer-songwriter behind the “Obama Girl” video, has a new crush: Ann Coulter. Two differences between her “Obama Girl” video and her latest work: This time around, rather than using a lip-syncing model, Kaufman’s in front of the camera and she’s clearly only tongue-in-cheek in her affection for Coulter (a la Andy Samberg’s…
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Life A JDate Can Lead to… Dr. Ruth
Jewish dating powerhouse JDate has enlisted everyone’s favorite psychosexual therapist to contribute an advice column to its online magazine JMag. Readers of the Bintel Blog, of course, already know that Dr. Ruth gives good advice.
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Life On Jerusalem, Breaking a Taboo
Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky, the spiritual leader of a Modern Orthodox Los Angeles synagogue, has penned a tremendously brave article in this week’s L.A. Jewish Journal. In it, he writes: The question of whether we could bear a redivision of Jerusalem is a searing and painful one. The Orthodox Union, National Council of Young Israel and…
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