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Israel's demanding athletic standards exact toll on one of its own

JERUSALEM — Two weeks before the European Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, in mid-January, Israeli skater Tamar Katz was sick in bed and going crazy.

Though she had qualified already in international competition for the 2010 Winter Olympics, the tougher standards of Israel’s Olympic Committee required that Katz finish in the top 14 in Europe to punch her ticket to the Winter Games in Vancouver.

Katz said that while she felt weak before leaving for Estonia, she felt good when she took the ice.

But Katz made a mistake in her performance, missing her triple lutz-double loop combination, the highest scoring element in her program.

She finished 21st — half a point away from qualifying for the finals, where her free skate routine might have propelled her into the top 14.

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Who was the woman behind Little Women?

Who was the woman behind Little Women?

LOUISA May Alcott, celebrated author of Little Women, wrote shady thrillers unfit for the ladies, suffered wild mood swings and might be a descendant of Portuguese Jews on her mother’s side.

If those tidbits haven’t sufficiently aroused your curiosity, read on.

In the newly released Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women,  Harriet Reisen rips off the mythic veil obscuring this literary icon and uncovers a portrait far more complex and compelling than her richest characters.

The beloved children’s writer “could be so charming,” says Reisen, whose book comes to life Monday, Dec. 28 on a PBS American Masters production of the same name, “but she could also get really critical and angry.

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Neshama Carlebach and gospel choir sing Shlomo’s songs

Neshama Carlebach and gospel choir sing Shlomo’s songs

NESHAMA Carlebach, the singer-songwriter and eldest daughter of the late Shlomo Carlebach, has soulfully interpreted her father’s vast repertoire since his death in 1994.

“Higher and Higher,” her seventh CD, elevates Shlomo’s legacy –– and her own musicality –– to new and unexpected gospel heights with the Bronx-based Green Pastures Baptist Church Choir.

Four years ago, Avi Weiss, who invites the group to sing at his Orthodox shul every Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, suggested that Carlebach might enjoy listening to a performance.

“Avi was a close friend of my father,” Carlebach says from her Manhattan home, where she just returned from a walk with her three-year-old son Rafael.

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Happy Chanukah! IJN Doris Sky Chanukah Coloring Contest Winners 2009

Happy Chanukah! IJN Doris Sky Chanukah Coloring Contest Winners 2009

Entries were received from participants affiliated with a host of schools and synagogues:

Last Updated ( Thursday, 10 December 2009 12:21 )

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Chanukah recipes: Kosher soul food

Chanukah recipes: Kosher soul food

MEMPHIS — Southern food, a deep fried country cuisine eponymous with bacon fat and crawfish, is hardly something one would expect to find on a kosher plate. But a Jewish day school here is hoping to change this perception with Simply Southern: With a Dash of Kosher Soul, a new cookbook chronicling the history and recipes of Southern kosher cooking.

Four-and-a-half years ago, the Margolin Hebrew Academy initiated a project that aimed to collect kosher recipes unique to the southern US.

Originally intended to be a modest fundraiser, the venture far exceeded the school’s expectations, eliciting more than 1,500 responses from Jewish families in the South.

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JTA News

Hurva Synagogue rededicated

15 March 2010, 6:06 pm The rededication of an Old City synagogue took place without incident.... [Link]

J Street delivers petition to White House

15 March 2010, 5:09 pm J Street urged the Obama administration to take "even stronger action" in negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.... [Link]

Israel signs trade agreement with S. America

15 March 2010, 4:21 pm Israel became the first country outside South America to sign a free trade agreement with Mercosur, a common market among four Latin American countries.... [Link]

Bibi: Construction in Jerusalem will continue

15 March 2010, 3:31 pm Israel's prime minister told his party that Israel will continue to build in Jerusalem.... [Link]

Brazil’s president refuses visit to Herzl’s grave

15 March 2010, 3:00 pm Brazil's president said he would not visit the grave of Theodor Herzl during his first official visit to Israel.... [Link]

Israel approves plan to reverse brain drain

15 March 2010, 1:35 pm Israel's Cabinet approved a national plan to reverse Israel's scientific brain drain.... [Link]

Indian synagogue guarded after fake terror alert

15 March 2010, 1:13 pm Indian security took up positions around an ancient synagogue in Kochi following a terror alert that turned out to be a hoax.... [Link]

Germany challenging request to open Eichmann files

15 March 2010, 12:53 pm Germany is challenging a journalist's request to declassify files pertaining to the 15 years Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann spent as a fugitive.... [Link]

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