Miriam Colton
By Miriam Colton
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Culture Please Touch the Art
Hours before her troupe’s first public performance, in 2002, Adina Tal faced a quandary unlike any posed to other directors: How would her cast members know that the audience was applauding? The scenario was not uncommon for the director of the theater group Nalaga’at (“Do Touch”), who, since forming the group in late 1999, has…
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News Hebrew National Certified Kosher — But Not Kosher Enough for Some
Hebrew National became the unchallenged king of the kosher meat industry by marketing its product to non-Jews with the help of several catchy advertising slogans, including the famous, “We answer to a higher authority.” But its success masked a bizarre twist: Most kosher consumers won’t eat the company‘s products. But with the departure of Hebrew…
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News Outspoken Philanthropist Henry Everett Dies at 78
Henry Everett, an indomitable Jewish philanthropist known for his often lonely battles for unpopular causes, died Saturday in Manhattan at the age of 78, after a difficult battle with cancer. Along with his wife, Edith, Everett was known as one of the most outspoken and creative Jewish philanthropists of the last generation, taking a lead…
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News As Prisoner Abuse Controversy Rages, Most Groups Keep Quiet
As the scandal over U.S. abuse of Iraqi prisoners mounts, only a handful of Jewish organizations have stepped forward to speak out on the issue. Three of the organizations — the Anti-Defamation League, the National Council for Jewish Women and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism — issued statements condemning the turn of the…
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News How a Student’s Clown Suit Led to Charity for Children
Instead of heading out to a local hangout or his Upper West Side bachelor pad after a hard day’s work, Joseph Weilgus would rather don his polka-dot clown suit, apply face paint and take the subway to the pediatric unit at Harlem Hospital for the evening. A double life seems to suit the 26–year old….
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News Leading Liberal Mag Yanks Ad Denying Holocaust
A leading U.S. Holocaust-denial group’s advertisements were pulled from a liberal weekly, The Nation, after protests from editorial staffers and Jewish organizations. The May 3 issue of the magazine featured a promotional ad for the book “The Founding Myths of Modern Israel.” The ad claimed that the book dissects historical myths used to justify Zionist…
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News Young Donor Puts Passion for Debate Into Philanthropy
A 25-year-old Jewish philanthropist has launched one of the nation’s most generous student writing contests with a whopping grand prize of $25,000, in the hopes of altering Christian-Jewish relations following the recent debate surrounding Mel Gibson’s film, “The Passion of the Christ.” Introduced last week in full-page advertisements in many national newspapers — including The…
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News Conservatives Seek Support For God Talk In Public Life
Congressional conservatives are struggling to build support for a new bill that would limit the ability of judges to prohibit government acknowledgment of God. Known as “The Constitution Restoration Act of 2004,” the bill would prevent federal courts from ruling on issues such as the legality of the national motto “In God We Trust” or…
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