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Fla. lawsuits may draw Jewish groups

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (JTA) Jewish officials in Florida and around the country are monitoring the election controversy in the Sunshine State, as many Jewish voters say they mistakenly chose the wrong candidate. Although a recount began Wednesday in Florida, many people are looking beyond to the thousands of ballots that were excluded in Palm […]

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Dybbuks and davening in dance

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (JTA) In an airy clapboard building in a rustic Connecticut town at the peak of leaf-peeping season, a bare-chested white man his unruly brown hair shaking as he moves is praying. But while his body sways fervently at first, it turns more limp as he grows increasingly distracted […]

Is Reconstructionism going mainstream?

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 7 (JTA) Gathered from around the country, the group noshed on s’mores marshmallows and chocolate on graham crackers and bug juice, then sang Hebrew songs, led by a guitar-playing man dressed in shorts and a bright yellow T-shirt. The revelers were not young campers, but rabbis and synagogue lay leaders. […]

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