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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Temple teams vie for title
Slugger Dr. Ira Zackon of the Hebrew Academy of the Capital District
ALBANY–Pennant races are heating up in the 2010 Tournament of the Temples softball season. Games are contested Sundays at the Albany Jewish Community Center, 340 Whitehall Rd., as six teams vie for the championship.
In July 18 action, Congregation Agudat Achim defeated the Hebrew Academy [...]
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Tagged Albany, Beth Emeth, Capital District, caption, Dr. Ira Zackon, HACD, July, pennant races, Shalom, Sholom, Sholom Reform, Whitehall, whitehall rd
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Andy Statman to play at Lenox Challapalooza
lenox, Mass.–Challahpalooza: The Berkshire Jewish Music Festival, featuring clarinetist and mandolinist Andy Statman and presented by Chabad of the Berkshires, will be held at the Duffin Theater, Lenox Memorial High School, 197 East St., on Sunday, July 25, at 7 p.m.
Statman’s musical styles include klezmer, American folk and Chasidic music. According to Seth Rogovoy, author [...]
Posted in Arts & Culture, Organizations
Tagged Andy Statman, Art, Berkshire, Bob Dylan, Dave Tarras, David Bromberg, David Grisman, East St, Greenwich Village, Itzhak Perlman, Jerry Garcia, jewish music festival, klezmer, Mass., music, Nashville, Richard Grando, Seth Rogovoy, vassar clements
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Advice to Obama: Butt out
Editor:
Pres. Obama and P.M. Netanyahu met at the White House for talks about the two state solution between the Israelis and the “Palestinians.”
Please note that I identify the “Palestinians” with italics. I truly do not know who these people are. Prior to 1967 they were Arabs and the Jews were the Palestinians. Now the Arabs [...]
Posted in Letters
Tagged Dixie, Egypt, Ezra Waldman, goodwill, goodwill gesture, I.D.F, Israel, israeli concessions, Jerusalem, lebanese war, Mrs. Clinton, P.M. Netanyahu, President, south Lebanon, Western Wall
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Northeast Singles list August outing
albany–A picnic dinner at the Albany Park Playhouse, in Washington Park, has been announced for Northeast Jewish Singles on Saturday, Aug. 14, at 6 p.m. A performance of “Annie Get Your Gun” follows at 7 p.m.
The group will gather stage right.
Those planning to attend may bring their own food or purchase it from vendors.
Tickets for [...]
Posted in Organizations
Tagged Albany, Albany Park, Annie Get, Aug, gangel, Gun, Northeast Jewish, park playhouse, picnic dinner, Vera Gangel, Washington
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American Jewish Congress to close doors: What the organization gave American Jews
By JEROME A. CHANES
NEW YORK CITY (Forward)–With the American Jewish Congress apparently closing its doors, there won’t be many mourners saying Kaddish. Instead, the prevailing communal sentiment will probably be: “We have too many agencies; one less will not matter.”
The serious financial problems that had plagued the AJCongress over recent decades became a mortal threat [...]
Posted in Opinion-Analysis
Tagged AJCongress, Alexander Pekelis, american jewish committee, american jewish congress, anti defamation league, Brandeis, Eastern European, I. The, JEROME A. CHANES, Jewish, Justice Louis Brandeis, Leo Pfeffer, Marc Stern, New York City, Phil, Philadelphia, Rabbi Stephen Wise
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Chanukah stamps for 2010?
Editor:
This year’s Chanukah stamp is the 2009 one.
I was informed by the United States Postal Service that there will not be an automatic distribution of the stamp this year. If post offices have stock left over from 2009 they will sell them, however, if a post office does not have any left over, it up [...]
Posted in Letters
Tagged amp child, Angel, Chanukah, chanukah stamp, Madonna, Ronald Scheiman, stamp, united states postal service
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Redlich running for governor as Libertarian
GUILDERLAND–Warren Redlich, an attorney and member of the Guilderland Town Board, is the Libertarian Party candidate for governor.
Redlich said he was asked to run by some Libertarian and Republican friends. “I’ve been focused for a while on the simple idea that the government should stop wasting money,” he said. “Ninety thousand bureaucrats in New York make over [...]
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Tagged Albany, albany law school, Beck, California, GUILDERLAND, guilderland town board, libertarian party candidate, New York, Paul, Redlich, Ron Paul, Sarah Palin, Shalom, Warren
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Play featuring imagined Madoff by Deborah Margolin at Stageworks
HUDSON–A fictionalization of the felonious financier will come to the stage with Deborah Margolin’s “Imagining Madoff,” opening tomorrow, Friday, July 23, at Stageworks/Hudson. The play will run each Wednesday through Sunday through Aug. 7 at the Max and Lillian Katzman Theater, 41 Cross St. A preview performance is slated for tonight, Thursday, July 22, at 7:30 p.m.
Talks [...]
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Tagged Deborah Margolin, elie wiesel, holocaust survivor, Hudson, July, Laura Margolis, Madoff, Mark, mark margolis, Max, Solomon Galkin, St. A, Yale
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Births
Bree Rosenblum
Jill and Jeffrey Rosenblum of Somers announce the birth of their daughter, Bree Rachel Rosenblum, June 23, 2010. Maternal grandparents are Anna Goldowsky of Hawthorne and Michael Goldowsky of Myrtle Beach, S.C. Maternal great-grandmother is Sylvia Kalisher of Lake Worth, Fla. Paternal grandparents are Iris and Alvin Rosenblum of Delmar. Bree is named for [...]
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Tagged Aharon Goldstein, Alvin, Ann Arbor, Anna Goldowsky, Beatrice Shering, boca raton fla, Cambridge, Chaya Mushka, Clara, Dayton, Delmar, Ester, Fla., Iris, Jeffrey, Jill, Kaethe Peters, Lake Worth, Mass., Maternal, Mich., Michael Goldowsky, Myrtle Beach, Ohio, Paternal, Rabbi, rabbi levi, Rabbi Levi Simon, rabbi nachman, Rachel Rosenblum, Regina, Rosaline, S.C., Seymour, Simon, Stephan Peters, Sylvia Kalisher, Yoel Goldstein, Yoel Simon, Yoel Simon
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Obituaries
Doris Martin
83, of Syracuse, formerly of Albany, July 18, 2010; widow of Arthur Martin; survived by daughters Sydney (Douglas) Wertenberger, Dawn Marmor and Bonnie (Timothy) McCoy; and granddaughters Rebecca, Sophie and Hannah Marmor.
Lester Rubenfeld
69, of Niskayuna, July 18, 2010; survived by wife Alice Rubenfeld; sons Dr. Joshua (Gina Fiss) Rubenfeld and Dr. Ari (Kimberly Miller) Rubenfeld; [...]
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Tagged Albany, Alice Rubenfeld, Arthur Martin, Aviva, Bonnie, Brady, Dawn Marmor, Doris Martin, Douglas, Dr. Ari, Dr. Joshua, Ezra, Fla., Framingham, framingham mass, Gina Fiss, Gwen, Hannah, July, Kimberly Miller, Lester Rubenfeld, Marvin Silverstein, Mass., Nathan Rozines, Noah, Paul, Rebecca, Rochester, Ruth Silverstein, Sharon Rozines, Sophie, Sydney, Syracuse, Timothy, widow
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