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Opinion Being a Jew in ‘Bombingham’ Alabama
Investigators probe bombing at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama./FBI Photo Holocaust analogies abound in Birmingham. That became clear within minutes of meeting Sol Kimerling, the 84-year-old historian who embodies Southern charm — and who served as our tour guide for the day. Dressed in a blue checkered shirt, brown corduroys and dapper black…
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Opinion Feeling ‘Chosen’ in Alabama
Anne and Sigal’s flight path. Next stop, Birmingham. We landed in Birmingham and were hit by a wall of heat — and a Bible. The taxi driver who ushered us from the airport to our hotel keeps a copy of the Holy Bible on his passenger seat. Welcome to Alabama. That was tame compared to…
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Opinion 8 Best Jewish Road Trips
Editor’s Note: As part of the Forward’s Our Promised Lands project, which will cover 50 states in 50 weeks, Anne Cohen and Sigal Samuel are setting out on a Southern adventure. Over the next eight days, they will travel to Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana, so keep an eye on this blog to follow their…
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Breaking News David Azrieli, Billionaire Israel Real Estate Developer, Dies at 92
David Azrieli, a real estate developer with major holdings in Israel, including the three geometric towers in the middle of Tel Aviv, has died. Azrieli, a billionaire philanthropist whose family’s foundation has given away an estimated $100 million, died near Montreal on Wednesday. He was 92. He was the founder and controlling shareholder of the…
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Breaking News Sephardic Leader Says No to Women in College
The new spiritual leader of the Sephardic Orthodox Shas movement said women should not pursue academic studies. Rabbi Shalom Cohen said in an official letter published Monday on the haredi Orthodox website Kikar HaShabbat that women’s participation in academic pursuits, including in haredi colleges, is a violation of Jewish law. It was Cohen’s first official…
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Breaking News Sephardic Man Tries To Fly to Spain’s Granada, Ends Up in Caribbean’s Grenada
A man who claims Spanish Jewish heritage is suing British Airways for flying him to Grenada in the Caribbean — when he was supposed to be flying to Granada in Spain. American dentist Edward Gamson and his partner spent $3,500 on first-class tickets to the Andalusian city celebrated for its historic Alhambra Palace. But instead…
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Breaking News Moise Safra, Brazilian Sephardic Billionaire, Dies at 79
Moise Y. Safra, a billionaire member of the Safra family of financiers, who for over half a century have catered to an affluent clientele spanning from São Paulo to New York and Monte Carlo, died on Sunday, two sources with knowledge of the situation said. He was 79. One of the sources said Moise, the…
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Culture The Inconvenient Truth About Jews From Arab Lands: They Were Expelled
(Haaretz) — Nathan Weinstock hadn’t planned to write a book about the Jews of Arab lands. But when he looked for information about the modern history of Moroccan or Iraqi Jewry, he was surprised to discover that there was no book in French that told the story of the elimination of the Jewish communities in…
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