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Rothstein pleads not guilty in Ponzi scheme charge

Scott Rothstein, the disbarred South Florida lawyer accused of running a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, has pleaded not guilty to U.S. charges of wire fraud and conspiracy, Bloomberg News reported.

Capital J

Liberal bloggers criticize liberal hero for embracing AIPAC, Israeli officials

Max Blumenthal and MJ Rosenberg say Rep. Alan Grayson is good on every issue but Israel --- because he’s scared of the pro-Israel lobby.

The Telegraph

United Synagogue biennial: Reading the Eisen and Olitzky tea leaves

Stewart Ain notices an interesting wrinkle in the schedule for next week’s biennial convention of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism: A panel discussion on the future of the Conservative movement includes a bunch of top professional leaders of the movement—but not Arnie Eisen, the chancellor the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. JTA’s Ami Eden reports on what he hears the reason—though he seems more interested in the appearance of a leading outreach advocate.

The Wandering Jew

Partying Like a Jew

Bittersweet to say, but The Wandering Jew’s last video from Europe has gone live.

GA 2009 Student Blogs

On dialogue

Why are we here? Well, the answer after Monday tonight is apparent: to develop new tools for engaging with our fellow Jews, and to identify new ways of fixing our communities. 

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JewSchool

This! Is! SIIINAAAAIIIIIIIII!!!!!

So. Yeah. Thanks to JDub Records’ blog for pointing out that someone has got it in their heads to make an epic biopic about Moses–with green screen technology all around. So says the post at JDub: According to 20th Century Fox, “The Moses story will be told using the same green screen strategy as ‘300,’ so Read more »

Blog From Battery Place

Daniel Gwirtzman's "Tribe" Comes to the Museum

Next Wednesday, the Museum, in conjunction with Nextbook’s Jewish Body Week, will present a world premiere work from the Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company, Tribe. Seen as an Editor’s Pick in this week’s New York Magazine, the piece finds inspiration in Judaism and explores the human body as a source of reflection, strength, humor, and celebration. The Company has received critical acclaim throughout New York and the country. The Village Voice said “It’s great to see imaginative dancing to Read more »

Jewlicious

when i say mazel, you say tov!

At the end of spring, my family and I attended the last of the Long Island Bar Mitzvahs. Not to say that there will no longer be Bar Mitzvahs on Long Island, but it was the youngest cousin’s Bar Mitzvah and there are no longer any Long Island Bar Mitzvahs that I need to attend. Read more »

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