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Kohelet Yeshiva Finds Its Rhythm at Poetry Slam

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First Reform Day Camp Planned for Philly

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Claims Conference Carried Out Own Probe of Fraud

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Amid Brouhaha Over IRS, Z Street Gets Its Day in Court

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ZOA Regains Its Tax-Exempt Status

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Throngs Come Out to Support Israel

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First Reform Day Camp Planned for Philly

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Bryan Schwartzman

The Reform movement is planning to open its first day camp in the country next year, situating it in the Philadelphia suburbs, though the location has not yet been finalized.

Israel

As European Soccer Racism Festers, British Pros Coach Israelis in Tolerance

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Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA

Itzik Shanan, who started a campaign to eliminate racism from Israeli soccer, and Abbas Suan, a well-known Arab-Israeli player, were in Britain for five days of anti-hooliganism training in advance of Israel's hosting next month of a major international soccer tournament.

Israel

To Haredim, Knesset Member Rabbi Dov Lipman Now a Turncoat

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Ben Sales, JTA

Dov Lipman has staked his budding political career on his reputation as a moderate haredi Orthodox leader. The problem is that Israel's haredi leaders say he's not actually haredi.

Global

Claims Conference Carried Out Own Probe of Fraud

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Uriel Heilman, JTA

The Conference of Jewish Material Claims Against Germany is under scrutiny after an employee was convicted of orchestrating a $57 million fraud involving Holocaust restitution.

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A Long, Strange Trip From N.Y. Jew to Hindy Honcho

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Rebecca Spence, JTA

Jews have long turned to Eastern philosophy to plug holes in their spiritual lives. Jewish Buddhists, or Jew-Bus, are perhaps the best-known example. Less attention has been devoted to the phenomenon of Hin-Jews.