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Apr. 18, 2021
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate has no clear criteria for recognizing rabbis from the United States, often relying instead on hearsay, documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request reveal.
The documents show that in many cases, little effort is invested in proper background checks or in corroborating information about these rabbis.
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Mar. 15, 2021
On June 12, 1995, Quebec held a referendum on independence from Canada. The No vote was 50.58 percent and 49.42 percent voted Yes.
Imagine there had been a swing of three-quarters of a percent, and Quebec had become a sovereign state with a population of eight million people, about 80 percent of whom were French-speaking Roman Catholics – most of whom fancied themselves the true Quebecois – founding the only overwhelmingly Catholic commonwealth in North America.
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Mar. 16, 2021
Tzvia Bader has only missed one Israeli election in the 13 years she’s lived in New York. Making the trip back home for Election Day is vitally important to her, despite the logistical headaches it creates for this 48-year-old mom of three. With current COVID-19 restrictions, however, Bader and many other Israeli expats won’t be heading to the polling places next Tuesday.
Ben-Gurion Airport finally reopened last week after being shuttered to almost all international traffic for over a month. However, only 3,000 Israelis are currently being allowed back into the country on a daily basis. So, although the borders are officially open, the reality for thousands of Israelis is that they’re stuck overseas.
During a late-night conversation at their Richmond restaurant, Ari Augenbaum, Trey Owens and Narine Hovnanian decided to launch JewFro, a pop-up-style spot that fuses Jewish and African cuisines