Sat 28 Aug 2010
Black and Jewish, and Seeing No Contradiction
Filed under: Robinson, Yoseph, Dating and Courtship, Jews and Judaism, Blacks, Crown Heights (NYC) — @ 6:16 am

The killing of a Jamaican-born convert to Judaism has drawn some attention to the rare mix of race and religion.


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Wed 4 Aug 2010
Rabbi at Chelsea Clinton’s Wedding Has Been on a Spiritual Journey
Filed under: Mezvinsky, Marc, Ponet, James, Clinton, Chelsea, Jews and Judaism, Rabbis, Weddings and Engagements, Yale University — @ 7:09 am

As Yale’s chief rabbi since 1981, Rabbi James Ponet has led a very public journey, from strict observance — which counseled against intermarriages — to a more open liberalism that can permit them.


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Mon 2 Aug 2010
Evidence Grows of Problem of Clergy Burnout
Filed under: Religion and Belief, Jews and Judaism, Obesity, Stress (Human), Medicine and Health — @ 3:20 am

Clerics suffer from obesity, hypertension and depression at rates higher than most Americans, and are being advised to take more time off.


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Sun 1 Aug 2010
About New York: Three Sons Learn How Their Mother Evaded Nazis
Filed under: Steinway & Sons, Brussels (Belgium), Holocaust and the Nazi Era, Jews and Judaism, Auschwitz (Poland), Pianos, Washington Heights (NYC) — @ 4:40 am

Three sons in the United States gain a clearer picture of how their mother evaded capture by the Nazis in Brussels, with the help of a long lost friend.


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Wed 28 Jul 2010
Books of The Times: Jane Ziegelman’s ‘97 Orchard’ Is a Culinary History
Filed under: Immigration and Emigration, Ziegelman, Jane, 97 Orchard (Book), Jews and Judaism, Lower East Side Tenement Museum, Lower East Side (NYC), Food, Books and Literature — @ 6:28 am

The Old World meets the new on the plates of immigrants on the Lower East Side in Jane Ziegelman’s “97 Orchard.”


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Wed 21 Jul 2010
Bit by Electronic Bit, a Great Cantor Is Restored
Filed under: Werdyger, Mendel, Rosenblatt, Yossele, Jews and Judaism, Music — @ 2:51 am

Yossele Rosenblatt, known as the Jewish Caruso, died in 1933, but a Brooklyn devotee has made CDs of the cantor’s 78s without the crackles.


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Thu 8 Jul 2010
Tombstone Found on N.Y. Sidewalk Posed a Mystery
Filed under: Yiddish Language, Amchanitzky, Hinda, Library of Congress, Jews and Judaism, Hebrew Language, Cemeteries, Lower East Side (NYC), Cooking and Cookbooks, Tombs and Tombstones — @ 4:21 am

A man walking his dog found a gravemarker propped up against a fire hydrant in Manhattan, so he did what any self-respecting New Yorker would do: began a quest to find the deceased.


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Thu 8 Jul 2010
Our Towns: Muslim Chosen Mayor in Teaneck, N.J.
Filed under: Hameeduddin, Mohammed, Teaneck, N.J., Jews and Judaism, Islam, Politics and Government — @ 3:50 am

Teaneck, N.J., a diverse township, recently selected a Muslim as its new mayor and an Orthodox Jew as his deputy.


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Fri 25 Jun 2010
Hebrew Is the Focus of a Brooklyn Charter School
Filed under: Religion-State Relations, First Amendment Center, Zvi Dov Roth Academy, East Midwood Hebrew Day School, Jews and Judaism, Hebrew Language Academy Charter School, Israel, Parenting, Midwood (NYC), Steinhardt, Michael H, Private and Sectarian Schools — @ 3:30 am

At the Hebrew Language Academy in Brooklyn, children from a variety of faiths learn a language traditionally studied and spoken by Jews.


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Sun 23 May 2010
About New York: Irish President’s Thanks for 19th-Century Aid
Filed under: Shearith Israel, Famine, Jews and Judaism, Ireland, New York City — @ 3:00 am

President Mary McAleese of Ireland is coming to Temple Shearith Israel to express gratitude for donations by New York Jews during the Irish famine.


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