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One correction to Gary Rosenblatt’s thoughtful column describing the bar mitzvah revolution (“URJ Overhauling The Bar/Bat Mitzvah,” June 22). Simon Kuh did indeed chant his Torah and Haftorah (beautifully) in our New Emanuel Minyan service. What made his bar mitzvah different was the focus on bar mitzvah as a rite of passage to adulthood, not […]

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Funerals were held July 20 for the Israeli victims of the Bulgaria terror attack. The coffins of the five Israelis arrived at Ben-Gurion International Airport on the evening of June 19, where a short official ceremony was held. The victims were identified as Kochava Shriki, 44, from Rishon Lezion; Itzik Kolangi, 28, from Petach Tikva; […]

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 Steve Lipman’s article, “New Generation of Russians Now Making Its Mark” (July 13), may be an accurate portrayal of a major proportion of the 200,000 Russian-speaking Jews in the Greater New York area, but Russian-speaking Jews are not monolithic.  We must differentiate between those born in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Odessa and the European-influenced parts of […]

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