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NEW YORK (JTA) — Two relatively new books tell the story of American Jewry, weaving together its past and present by examining tradition and making it relevant to today’s reader. Where Sue Fishkoff’s “Kosher Nation: Why More and More of America’s Food Answers to a Higher Authority” (Schocken, 2010) is robust and detailed, Leah Koenig’s […]

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Jews recite the devotional prayer Avinu Malkeinu (Our Father, Our King) during the ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The traditional melody is a slow, stirring, dirge. And, of course, it’s perfect for a heavy metal cover. The band Mogwai, a Scottish post-rock trio, wrote a 20-minute epic song, “My Father, My King,” which borrows the melody […]

Dennis Glick, citing personal reasons, submitted his resignation as president of B’nai B’rith International, effective immediately. Allan J. Jacobs, the current chairman of the executive committee, will serve as interim president until a new president is elected at the next board meeting, in May. Rabbi Richard Jacobs, of the Westchester Reform Temple, was selected by […]

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