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How one pianist sparked musical fad
Pianist Irving Fields' life story seems to reflect not only his strong Jewish identity but also his use of Jewishness and music as passports to the larger world — geographically, interpersonally and creatively. Read more »
Iraqi pays for supporting Israel
For daring to visit Israel, Mithal Al-Alusi has paid with more than his life: It cost him his two sons. Yet he continues to argue that the new Iraq should reach out to Israel as a democracy facing a constant threat of terrorism. Read more »
Anti-drug program focuses on teen prevention
Several programs are addressing drug addiction in the Jewish community, particularly among youth, a focus that is long overdue, educators and experts say. Read more »
Russian hostage victim comes to U.S.
With the help of a Russian Jewish organization, a young, non-Jewish girl injured in the Chechen siege of a school in Russia, gets free medical treatment and lodging in New York. Read more »
Jewish WWII vets reminisce
A New York Holocaust museum honored Jewish veterans of World War II, who took the opportunity to celebrate with their comrades in arms and to compare what one attendee called a war "without moral ambiguity" to the complex conflicts of the presen Read more »
Learning how to teach the Holocaust
A seminar coordinated by the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous helps educators learn how to teach the Holocaust so that their students will better understand how this genocide could happen. Read more »
Soldiers recall freeing Auschwitz
With the Jan. 27 anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz approaching, Allied soldiers who liberated the concentration camps feel an urgency to testify about what they saw. Read more »
When Latin and Jewish music met
The re-release of "Bagels and Bongos," a 1959 album of traditional Jewish tunes adapted to sultry Latin rhythms, may tap into the American Jewish interest in Latin music — and even stimulate new explorations of Jewish identity. Read more »
Jews help Bloomberg gain re-election
Michael Bloomberg, New York City´s Republican incumbent mayor, sailed to an overwhelming victory in the city´s mayoral election, with a large boost from New York´s Jewish voters. Read more »
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Updated 11/20/09 @ 11:30AM EDT
- Canada's opposition Liberal Party is crying foul after the ruling Conservatives mailed out flyers extolling themselves as stronger supporters of Israel.
- Israel arrested five Palestinian Authority intelligence officers in the West Bank.
- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel is conducting secret negotiations with Hamas.
- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was welcomed Thursday in Brazil by a state governor who is Jewish.
- Prominent South African Jewish leader and philanthropist Mendel Kaplan has died at the age of 73.
- Canadian Liberals object after Conservatives say they’re stronger Israel backers
- Israel arrests five P.A. officers
- Abbas: Israel talking to Hamas
- Abbas welcomed by Jewish pol in Brazil
- South African Jewish leader Mendel Kaplan dies
- Israel will send ship to NATO anti-terror force
- Obama: New Iran sanctions coming within weeks
- What should we bring? Thanksgiving foods that travel well
- Female Orthodox scholars helping women talk about sex
- Obama half-brother has Jewish roots
- Lieberman: Fort Hood could be terror attack
- J Street confab shows generational divide on Israel
- What really happened at the Reform biennial in Toronto
- Rubashkin convicted on 86 charges
- Obama shifts to Israel’s corner, but tries not to show it
- Sniffing underwear and other high jinks in satire on intermarriage
