Michael Kaplan
By Michael Kaplan
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Breaking News Rabbinical Student Killed in Garbage Truck Accident
A rabbinical student struck by a garbage truck on Sunday morning died at the scene of the accident, officials said. Ukrainian-born Gedalia Gruntzweig was struck while crossing an intersection in Crown Heights. The 25-year-old was reportedly on his way to a friend’s engagement party, according to the New York Post. “I heard these terrible screams,”…
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Breaking News Museum of Jewish Heritage Director Extends New Invitation to John Judis
New Republic senior editor John Judis has been reinvited to speak about his latest book at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, after having been disinvited last week due to the controversial nature of his book, which portrays an overbearing U.S. Zionist lobby during the state’s early years. The museum’s decision to rescind Judis’s invitation sparked…
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News Hasidic Development Plans Spark Bitter Feud in Upstate N.Y. Town
One night in January, an Orthodox Jewish real estate developer brought a handgun to a planning board meeting in a small upstate New York town. The gun was on the waist of one of the two uniformed security guards accompanying Shalom Lamm, who may be the most hated man in the town of Mamakating. The…
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Israel News John Judis Caught in Controversy Over Book’s Tale of Harry Truman and Israel
The New Republic senior editor John Judis has become the latest author presenting a perspective critical of traditional Zionist narratives to be canceled by a prominent Jewish institution. Judis was invited on February 11 to speak in June at the Museum of Jewish Heritage about his new book on President Harry Truman’s Middle East policies…
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News Boycott Israel Backer Judith Butler Pulls Out of Jewish Museum Appearance
The Jewish Museum in New York has scrapped a talk that included a planned appearance by Israel critic Judith Butler after Butler pulled out of the event amid pressure from supporters of the Jewish state. “I cancelled the event,” Butler told the Forward in an email. Butler was set to speak at an event about…
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Breaking News Jews Ask N.Y. Mayor Bill De Blasio To ‘Learn Facts About Israel and Palestine’
A Jewish group has gathered hundreds of signatures for a petition asserting that AIPAC does not represent the interests of many American Jews, weeks after the mayor made controversial remarks that the pro-Israel lobbyist group would always have a friend at City Hall. The petition, organized by Jews Say No! and reportedly delivered to the…
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Breaking News Boycott Israel Prof Judith Butler Invited to Jewish Museum Conference on Franz Kafka
The Jewish Museum in New York has reportedly invited a controversial critic of Israel to speak at a conference on the work of Franz Kafka in March. Judith Butler, a University of California professor who is a lightning rod because of her harsh criticism of the Jewish state, was invited because “politics were not a…
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Food The Battle for .Kosher in Cyberspace
For months, top kosher certifiers have been battling over control of the word “kosher” in cyberspace. Now, the Internet’s organizing body — ICANN or the Internet Corporations for Assigned Names and Numbers for the uninitiated — has ruled that OK Kosher will own the rights to administer all dot-kosher web addresses. Some of the Chabad-affiliated…
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