Acre Rioting Sparks New Debate On Shaky Coexistence

Arab-Jewish rioting in mixed city brings dormant issue center stage; echoes of Kristallnacht.

Days and nights of broken glass: Jewish residents of Acre pass a shop vandalized in the four days of rioting in the northern Israeli city. getty images

by Joshua Mitnick
Israel Correspondent

Acre, Israel — Five days after a wave of Arab-Jewish rioting first broke out on the eve of Yom Kippur, the garrisons of law enforcement officers turned this northern Israeli city into one under occupation to restore a measure of order. - Read Story -

Working Poor Bearing Brunt Of Market Crisis

Poverty agency moving to blunt rent increases; next fear is ballooning mortgages.

For L.I.’s only kosher food pantry, the need is up but donations are down. Kym Newborn

by Stewart Ain
Staff Writer

Ann Schwarz, a 42-year-old Nassau County unemployed mother of three, now buys only store brands at the supermarket. - Read Story -

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by Carolyn Slutsky

Staff Writer

Greensboro, N.C. — In the depths of the 88,000-square-foot athletic facility at the American Hebrew Academy here, the “wave-less pool” assures that, with no wake and no fast lane, no swimmer has an unfair advantage when competing in a race. - Read Story -

Riffing On Lenny’s Jewishness

by George Robinson

Special To The Jewish Week

From his music to his politics to his sense of humor, Leonard Bernstein was every inch a Jew. - Read Story -

On Denying And Defending God

by Gary Rosenblatt

Editor and Publisher

My earliest memory of doubt regarding God was as a kid of about 10. As the son and grandson of Orthodox rabbis, my existential moment was not about whether there was a God, though, but rather why He wasn’t doling out more punishment. - Read Story -

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