Miriam Colton
By Miriam Colton
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News J. Gutman, Rights Advocate, 80
Jeremiah S. Gutman, one of the nation’s leading civil rights attorneys and a vocal advocate for Israeli civil liberties, died February 25 after suffering a heart attack at a Metro-North Railroad station. He was 80. The night before his death, Gutman presided at a meeting of Meretz USA, a Jewish organization promoting peace and civil…
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News Sharsheret Toy Chest Keeps Kids Busy When Sick Moms Need a Break
When diagnosed with breast cancer more than two years ago, Naomi Spira was inundated with pot roast dinners from kindly neighbors. She was somewhat surprised, though, when a distant relative sent a large bag of toys with a note instructing her to dole them out to her children whenever she needed a break. Spira decided…
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Israel News Putting Israeli Art on the Auction Block at Sotheby’s
As a patron of contemporary Israeli art and a regular in the high-end scene of Sotheby’s auction house, it seemed inevitable that Rivka Saker would attempt to link the two worlds. Indeed, Saker, the managing director of Sotheby’s Tel Aviv since 1983, is the mastermind behind a weeklong festival of contemporary Israeli art to hit…
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News Oscars Knocked for Nazi Filmmaker Nod
The executive director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is defending the decision to honor Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl during the Oscars ceremony. The inclusion of Riefenstahl, nicknamed “Hitler’s filmmaker,” in Sunday night’s video montage memorializing members of the movie industry who died in 2003 is being heavily criticized by several prominent…
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News A Taste of Yidishkayt In Iraq
One Jewish organization is hoping to spread a little Purim cheer in the region where the holiday’s ancient story began. The National Council of Young Israel is sending more than 450 mishloach manot packages to Jewish American soldiers stationed in Iraq — part of the present-day geographic site of the Persian kingdom, where the celebrated…
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News Specter Takes No Position On Appointment of Judge
President Bush’s recess appointment last week of William Pryor to a federal judgeship is dividing Congress along partisan lines, but critics say that at least one Republican senator seems unwilling to take a firm stand on the issue. Pennsylvania’s Arlen Specter, a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is refusing to voice support for…
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News Bringing Boy-Meets-Girl Back to Modern Orthodox Dating
hananya Weissman is sick of dating shtick. For the past year, the 25-year-old Yeshiva University rabbinical student has been gaining faithful adherents to End the Madness, his engine for changing the Modern Orthodox dating culture. When it comes to dating, Weissman and his supporters want it to become more acceptable for young singles to meet…
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News Yugntruf Preserves More Than Words
For one devoted group, this so-called “dying language” is forever young. These Yiddish speakers are not ultra-Orthodox Jews sequestered in Williamsburg or Eastern European immigrants speaking the tongue of their yidishe mames. They are Jews in their 20s, 30s and 40s building a bona fide community of Yiddish speakers. Yugntruf, “Call to Youth,” is celebrating…
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