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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Nazi tank commander’s son to address Fed event, March 11
Arthur and Elizabeth Wollschlaeger, parents of Bernd Wollschlaeger, in an undated photo. Bernd Wollschlaeger will speak at the Federation joint society event on Sunday, March 11, at Congregation Agudat Achim in Schenectady.
SCHENECTADY–Why the Son of a Decorated Nazi Tank Commander Converted to Judaism: A Journey of Awakening, Family Dissolution, and Spirituality, will be the subject [...]
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Tagged american jewish committee, Dr. David Morrison, event, israel defense forces, society
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Camp Givah will run from June 25 to Aug. 15
Campers put up tents for an overnight at Camp Givah.
ALBANY–Camp Givah is accepting applications for the summer 2012 season. The camp will be in session for eight weeks, from June 25 through Aug. 17, at Camp Givah, 88 Camp Lane, East Berne. The camp is for children ages 3-15.
The camp program focus will be a [...]
After New Delhi attack, fears that Iran-Israel attacks could escalate
A bomb attached to an Israeli Embassy van detonated near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi on Monday and wounded four people. Iran has rejected allegations from Israel that it was involved in the car bombing, saying the explosions were part of Israel’s psychological warfare campaign against Iran. “We categorically reject the accusations made by the Zionist (Israeli) [...]
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Tagged foreign ministry spokesman, minister benjamin netanyahu, terrorism, time, woodrow wilson center
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Steinem interview on ‘92nd St. Y’ at Beth Emeth, Shaara Tfille Feb 28
Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem, writer, lecturer, editor, feminist activist and co-founder of Ms. Magazine will be interviewed by Budd Mishkin on a Tuesday, Feb. 28 “Live from NY’s 92nd Street Y” broadcast at 8 p.m. at two area congregations, Congregation Beth Emeth, 100 Academy Rd., Albany, and Congregation Shaara Tfille, 84 Weibel Ave., Saratoga Springs.
Steinem’s books [...]
Ne’imah’s 20th annual concert to be Jewish choral festival
ALBANY–Ne’imah Jewish Community Chorus will hold its 20th annual concert in June and the group is looking for new singers to join the chorus and former singers to rejoin, according to Alma Birnboim, the group’s president.
“We are always on the lookout for new members, whether experienced choral singers or not, to help Ne’imah keep going [...]
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Tagged Beth Emeth, beth shalom congregation, Choir, Congregation, jewish choral festival
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How Jewish groups became involved in the contraception coverage debate
By RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON D.C. (JTA)–What were the Jews doing becoming so involved in a debate over contraception?
It was a question that more than Jewish official asked themselves over recent months as tensions between the Obama administration and leaders of the Catholic Church rose to the boiling point over the issue of contraceptive coverage.
The Catholic Church [...]
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Tagged Catholic, compromise proposal, interfaith alliances, nathan diament, White
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In Israel, economic concerns mount, but unclear which party will benefit
An estimated 400,000 Israeli’s took to the streets of Tel Aviv last summer that protested exorbitant housing prices, high costs for basic necessities and growing income inequality.
By MATI WAGNER
JERUSALEM (JTA)–“It’s the economy stupid” was how American political strategist James Carville once summed up the defining issue in U.S. presidential elections.
But in Israel, besieged by enemy [...]
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Tagged hawks and doves, income inequality, james carville, Meretz, percent
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Good cop advocacy marked Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi’s The Israel Project
Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi presents Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a plaque, August 2011. (The Israel Project)
By URIEL HEILMAN
NEW YORK CITY (JTA)–Here’s what the international Jewish media conspiracy looks like: Two men and four women, all clad in dark suits, sitting around a table in a windowless conference room in a nondescript office in midtown [...]
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Tagged jennifer laszlo, minister benjamin netanyahu, Mizrahi, organization, prime minister benjamin
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