Rama Burshtein is a product of the haredi Tel Aviv world she depicts warmly in 'Fill the Void,' opening in theaters.
Film on The New Yorker writer’s coverage of the Eichmann trial lacks some passion.
New theater troupe, a division of the Folksbiene, mounts second production digging into Russians’ complex background.
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SHAME TO ALL THOSE FOOLS WHO SUPPORT GROUPS THAT ARE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR FUTURE
Seems like these ancestors might have descendants that could disagree on what they want for them.
I have gone through Jonah's work and have seen tremendous transformation in overcoming my unwanted same sex attraction. As with all therapies, it's not for everyone, and it's definitely no "quick fix," but it has done wonders for my family and I. I am forever indebted to Jonah for all their efforts and willingness to help those who want to be helped.
I am often intrigued by articles such as this one. As the daughter of a Polish shtetl survivor, of a poor family of musicians and tradesmen, the implication is that his family somehow has less worth as their is no stolen art, wealth, or bank accounts, no insurance claims. How does that lost family's value get measured? How is his loss accounted for?
Spain? Catalonia is not Spain
Not to mention the violation of privacy by the confidential release of confidential IRS information.
Real story here is who released these confidential financial documents and why ? J-Street has built up many enemies on the right with connections, this release is proof of their power.
The timing of the story seems funny. Obama launches his bold new push for peace with J-Street as a prominent supporter.
Right as that very process starts a revelation which seems masterfully executed to bedazzle J-Street & confuse it's membership at the very moment the process begins.
Leaking the SOROS funding story during this period seems intended to leave J-Street and it's supporters spending the next few months chasing it's own tail attempting to protecting it's image rather then spending this crucial period focusing on supporting the push for peace.
The timing suggest this is not solely about destroying J-Street but also about knocking out a prominent supporter of the president's peace agenda during the first rounds thereby harming it's prospects. This story by the right leaning Washington Times is either evil or simply smells of it.
I agree J-Street was wrong about not being more forthcoming. They flubbed this one up and I hope they will be more transparent with the press in the future. None of this takes away from the good that they do and or sincerity of their many members. There are forces out there who want peace to fail (whether they openly acknowledge that or not). I know one thing for sure , J-Street is not among them
I agree with Mr. Charendoff, at least in regards to lay leadership. So often, we see governing rules manipulated to keep boldfaced names on the board, even if the rules limit terms; smaller "executive committees" usurp total authority of a much larger board; and nepotism, especially when motivated by historical giving, take precedence over new blood. All of this, in many cases, is done with the consent of, or at direction of, the top entrenched professional leadership (the same could be said for corporate boards, for that matter). While I find it hard to mandate term limits for skilled professionals, keeping boards fresh would help end the circle of stale leadership.
While accusing J-Street of lying, there is nothing in this article showing the actual question asked and the answer given. This is at best, uninformatrive. The funding issue is a red herring. Have you explored the funding of right-wing groups?
I strongly suport a free, Jewish, safe, independent, secure Isarel. Doing this does not require that I support every move by whoever happens to lead the government of Israel at the time. I also support J-Street.
It is time for more conservative voices to consider that many of us disagree about how to provide for the safety abd well-being of Israel - not whether to do so. I strongly believe that Israel will only be secure when a way is found to make peace with her neighbors. We do not have to like or agree with our neighbors. We do have make peace with the.
The only surprising thing about this story is that there were people who ever believed that J Street was anything other than a Soros-sponsored front group. It's more than surprising, really; it's astonishing that anyone could be so naive, and also depressing, that so many of these naifs seem to be the ones charged with reporting on the matter.
Talya- I think you're coming from a really good place and there's some very important lessons in what you're saying.
However, I also think the mistakes in your approach outweigh those positive gems.
The essential fallacy in your stance is that you confuse doing what *feels* right with doing what *is* right.
To take your stance and simply reverse the genders, one could argue that men should be free to sleep around with multiple women, since that's what we're biologically programmed to do and it's extremely frustrating to be with just the one permitted woman (esp. when she's niddah). (and yes, I know polygamy was once permitted- but that doesn't address this point as men tend to desire what they don't have, and in any case polygamy is now forbidden for most Jews)
Or to take your stance and simply change the situation- should a man not put on teffillin and doven the obligatory prayers (like shema) simply because he doesn't feel like it?
Basically, just because we feel inadequate or unmotivated to give Hashem what He desires, it's not really a viable reason to not do it anyway.
So it might seem I'm 100% against your position- but that's not really true. I think it's an important stepping stone for many women. It might be okay to take one step backward in order to take two steps forward at a later date. At least most of the Rabbis I know would say so. The problem is knowing whether or not it is in fact leading to better teshuva down the line.
It's kindof like taking drugs. For some people it's very destructive since it's a step down, for others it's a step up since it opens their mind to spirituality. But everyone agrees that the goal is to eventually have the spirituality without the drugs.
I think you need to have an end-goal in sight of controlling your sexual urges in a kosher way, and then maybe it's okay for you to feel comfortable violating the halacha in the meantime (not meant sarcastically, I mean that).
B'hatzlacha
Well said. Conservative Judaism is growing in Queens, and the hiring of young, dynamic Rabbis by all 3 shuls in the area is a wonderful harbinger of good things to come.
Unfortunately, you were one of J Street's defenders and enablers. Why were others able to uncover J Street PAC's Arab-American donors, or its Soros ties? Too many journalists, including from the Jewish Week and JTA, fawned over J Street.
Michael Miller, executive vice president and CEO of the JCRC suggests that “When there is sufficient reason, precedent and motivation, (a street rally) works. But when it might not work, we look for alternatives." This public confession that the Iranian poster-boy's visit is insufficient reason to protest does nothing to support the continuity of "precedent and motivation." Reading this article makes me wonder why 16,000 e-signatures are supposed to indicate motivation rather than retreat. Perhaps it is the official reponse to our yearly rallies that should be the subject of the editorial. I remember when Mayor Guilliani had Arafat ejected from a Lincoln Center event. That was an appropriate response to a murderer expoiting and flaunting his U.S. granted freedoms. I see no such official response to allowing the Iranian to set foot outside of UN territory. He should be admitted to the United Nations only if he flies by helicopter from a neutral territory directly to the United Nations compound where he should remain for the duration of his presence here. Allowing him to benefit from any service in our City is an indication that neither rallies nor signatures shake the complacency of our current officials. This man, like Arafat, is an international criminal, a sponsor and abettor of murder and bigotry. If the United Nations chooses to ignore that, we as a nation and a City should not.
As is evident starting from the very title, this is another smug, condescending, and off-the-mark assessment of what is going on in our country. Liberals seem to think that by fixating on the "anger" or "radicalization" of opponents of the Pelosi-Obama-Reid agenda, that somehow they've successfully dismissed them as illegitimate and their grievances as unjustified. (As if the "Selected Not Elected" / "No Blood For Oil" / "Bush = Hitler" movement from a mere few years ago wasn't angry, radical, and unhinged.)
Well, as an "angry" Jewish Tea Partier, I can say there is a lot to be angry about, and the left demonizes us at their own peril.
And what of this accusation of "radicalization" of the right? I'm sorry but there is nothing "radical" about opposing historically failed socialist experiments that have been imposed upon an unwilling citizenry by this administration. There is nothing "radical" about not wanting one's children and yet-unborn grandchildren born already 5 figures in debt to a greedy overreaching federal behemoth. There is nothing "radical" about demanding our elected officials adhere to their oath to uphold the Constitution.
Barack Obama received 78% of the Jewish vote in 2008. But, as with many other erstwhile dependable voting blocs, many of them are starting to wise up that the Democrat Party has *not* conducted themselves in the best interests of either the U.S. or Israel. Dismiss it as "anger" or "radicalization" if you want, Dr. Windmueller. I prefer to call it "It's about time!"
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I think we has a people would be a lot better off with more help for Jewish day schools and temple hebrew schools and a few less museums
An interesting article, but I don't understand how your correspondent could have failed to mention Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun in the article. KJ is, I believe, far and away the largest Orthdox congregation on the Upper East Side. It is as venerable as those you mentioned. And its main sanctuary dates back more than 100 years.
This is a wonderful resource. I will bring it with me on my trip to Israel.
My goodness, what a hard and depressing 3 weeks I've been going through
(crisis of faith and all) only to come across this article, this reporter, this rabbi, this child, this book, this story. Thank you so much to all involved in bringing this uplifting tale to light-I'll be reading “Hope Will Find You” as soon as I can find it.
Right on Dan time to remove the garbage that Shelon allowed to grow, and grow and grow under his years of incompetence.
Even J. Dinowitz had nothing good to say about Sheldon.. I just hope the feds do a real check into his dealings with the unions
I am Jewish and [was] a Paladino fan until this incident because I believe there is a strong need for change. Did he call Speaker Silver and offer an apology, who most certainly deserves one? From the Speaker's comment, above, it does not appear to be the case.
It will be interesting to see if Paladino can learn from this unenviable error. He is in need of some serious PR work with little time to recover before the election. The fact that he participated in an incident which masks the real issues at hand, shows how inexperienced he is in the political arena. He has some great ideas and viewpoints that I support but bigotry in any form taints everything being discussed.
I must say we had enough I had enough corruption and incompetence by the democrap in the state .
Every time a Cumo is involved in anything there are higher taxes more scandals and to much corruption
Look at Andrews record in public housing, a national disgrace Sheldon is bought and paid for by the unions with a 20 year pension and the give me mentality of leaches of society
I spoke to Jeffery Dinowitz and Elliot Engel at many Jewish veterans functions and the old adage is "If you cannot say something nice about someone then don't say anything
Mr. Dinowitz had nothing nice to say about Sheldon and being a businessman in NYC I can say enough of the "change" as we still have politics as usual and every time these bums gets reelected they blame the old administration which of course was them to begin with.
These people became way to comfortable in their position and forget they are supposed to work for us not visa Vera
Time to put term limits into effect and unlike Bloomberg who is above the law we should have real term limits and NO WAY allowing these people to retire after one or two terms
Time to remove the goyishacup yids from office Sheldon cannot be thrown out of NY faster enough INHO
i think that Kate is doiing a good job as being a mother and people need to leave her alone. she is a single mother raising 8 kids on her on where is Jon the kids dad anyway? people need to get a life and leave her alone. and she looks damn good of having 8 kids. who cares how she got to look the way she did she still takes care of her kids
"Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said New Yorkers should “consider moving out of the state if he becomes governor.”
Has Mr Silver noticed that everyone HAS been moving out of NY State for the past several years ? Everyone knows somebody that's already moved to greener pastures in either North or South Carolina. I personally know of two familes that escaped NY to move to PA, and another 4 families that escaped to North Carolina . Their property taxes are less than half, while their homes are much larger.
I'm a registered Democrat, and I'm going to vote for Mr Paladino, maybe NY State can be repaired ... It surely can't last if it continues the way it's been going ala Mr Silver and his way of running OUR Government.
Dan
Nassau County, NY
Actually, Shelly may want to consider moving to a country without an extradition treaty if Carl gets elected.