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Plan To House Two N.Y. Shuls Erupts Into FeudPlans to establish a downtown Manhattan outpost of the famously insular Brooklyn Syrian Jewish community are falling victim to an intra-community business deal gone bad — a mess that has sparked controversy within Brooklyn’s Sephardic community and embroiled a storied Ashkenazic congregation as well.…Read more

Movie on Holocaust Funds Draws FireAn Israeli television program broadcast on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day has drawn the main organization that distributes Holocaust restitution funds into ongoing battles about the financial condition of Israeli Holocaust survivors.…Read more

As Ranks of Israeli Wealthy Swell, Philanthropic Sector Plays Catch-UpIn June 2006, Avner Stepak, an investment banker and budding philanthropist, invited his friend Zvika Arran over to his house to watch a basketball game. Arran had an idea for a new venture, and Stepak told him he had 30 seconds before the game started to describe it. Arran laid out his idea: a new charity that would evaluate other charities, making sure they were efficient, effective and honest. That was enough for Stepak.…Read more

Jewish Students Protest Bias in North DakotaJewish students at a midwestern university are accusing the administration of ignoring antisemitic incidents.…Read more

Rabbis’ Dispute Exposes Communal Rift on LaborA rabbinic legal opinion stipulating that Jewish employers should pay their workers a living wage is exposing fault lines in the Jewish world over attitudes toward labor issues.…Read more