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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Halpern: Israel is here to stay, and for the future
By JAMES CLEVENSON
with photos by Jade Elizabeth
“We build! We build for the future!”
This was perhaps the main message of Micah Halpern’s Jan. 23 talk about the Palestinians’ propaganda war on Israel. “Israel is here to stay,” he said. The real negotiation between Israel and the Palestinians is not about giving and taking land, “it’s about [...]
Obama assassination column raises question: Why do some Jews see Obama as so sinister?
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA delivers his State of the Union address Tuesday on Capitol Hill in Washington. Listening in back are Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner, right. (Associated Press)
By URIEL HEILMAN
NEW YORK (JTA)–When news outlets began reporting last Friday that the owner of the Atlanta Jewish Times had published an opinion column [...]
Republicans—and Democrats—pitch to Florida’s Jews
MITT ROMNEY AND NEWT GINGRICH at the debate in Tampa. (Photo: Getty)
By RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON (JTA)–Barack Obama won’t show up on the vote tallies after polls close in Florida’s Republican primary on Jan. 31, but the president’s supporters already are waging a fight for the Sunshine State.
Democrats are rolling out a campaign to rival any of [...]
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Tagged debbie wasserman schultz, newt gingrich, President, State, vote tallies
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Op-Ed: Unity is vital for harmony in Beit Shemesh, all of Israel
ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWISH MEN scuffle with Israeli policemen in Beit Shemesh last month. (Credit: Reuters/Oren Nahshon)
By STEVEN A. RAKITT
BEIT SHEMESH (JTA)–It’s raining as I write—a rare, cold, hard rain that is welcomed by Jerusalemites who know that it’s good for them and the country. Water, like patience, is a treasured commodity here in Israel: temporarily inconvenient, [...]
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Tagged beit shemesh, cold hard rain, haredi, jewish federation of greater washington, story
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The unhappy medium
“AND WHEN I HEAR THESE WRITERS TALK about how anti-Semitism is irrelevant to our generation, I am astonished,” writes award-winning author Erika Dreifus (above). “When I moved from Brooklyn at the age of nine to a non-Jewish suburb, I discovered country clubs, dancing lessons—and the fact that they excluded me as a Jew.”
By ERIKA DREIFUS
(Jewish Ideas Daily)—Some [...]
Wine tasters
OVER 35 PEOPLE aged 22-40 attended a wine tasting session with Micah Halpern prior to his Jan. 23 Federation Joint Society lecture on the news media. Analyst and columnist Halpern is also an expert on kosher wines, bloggging for wine magazines and web sites. The wine tasting was sponsored by University Wine and Liquor on Western Ave., [...]
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Tagged Halpern, kosher wines, NextDor, united jewish federation, wine magazines
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Gloria Rosenblum, 81
Gloria Rosenblum, 81, of Guilderland, beloved wife and mother, passed away at home on February 1, 2012.
Mrs. Rosenblum was born in Brooklyn, New York to the late Louis and Bertha Sacks. She settled in the Albany area with her husband, the late Ira Rosenblum, PhD, in 1954.
The devoted couple worked together for many years at [...]
Posted in Life Changes, Obituaries
Tagged albany medical college, home, Mother, new york rangers, temple israel cemetery
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Charles M. Segal, 90
Charles M. Segal, 90, of Providence, R.I., died Tuesday, January 31, 2012 in Providence. He was the beloved husband for 33 years of Ninel (Bercovitch) Segal. Born in Montreal, Canada on November 27, 1921, he was a son of the late Hyman and Fanny (Moscovitch) Segal. Brother of Shirley Finney. Father of Shari (Louis) Zerobnick, [...]
Gates W. Barnet, 82
Gates W. Barnet, age 82, of Delmar, NY, died on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at the Hospice Inn at St. Peter’s Hospital, Albany, NY. Born in Albany, NY, Mr. Barnet was a lifelong resident. He was a graduate of the Milne School, Albany, NY. Gates was a photographer for the Albany Times Union (1949-1957) and [...]
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Tagged albany times union, beth emeth cemetery, February, Karner Road, memorial
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Warren M. Schneider, 68
Warren M. Schneider, age 68, of Nassau, NY died suddenly on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at the Albany Medical Center. Born in Albany, NY, Warren has resided in the Capital District all his life. He loved the outdoors, especially the Adirondacks. Warren enjoyed traveling, had a flair for cooking and was a wonderful gardener. He [...]
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Tagged albany medical center, January, Life Changes, matthew schneider, menands ny
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