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No Matzo Shortage Expected this Year, Manischewitz Says
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NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) Manischewitz, America’s largest producer of processed kosher food, has resumed full Passover matzo production after its factory relocation contributed to a national shortage last year. During Passover, which falls between April 9 and April 15 this year, Jews eat the crispy flatbread and other unleavened products to commemorate the ancient Hebrews’ hurried…
In Pope’s Choice for New York, A Study in Contrasts
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nsymmonds
NEW YORK — The Rev. Steven Avella, a Roman Catholic priest in Milwaukee, said his counterparts in the Archdiocese of New York should soon expect a phone call from their new boss — Archbishop Timothy Dolan. “He’ll start phoning guys right away,” said Avella, 57, a historian at Marquette University who served under Dolan during…
Holy Cards Draw the Collectors’ Eye
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nsymmonds
ROME — Until a few decades ago, practically everybody attending a Catholic baptism, first Communion or funeral would walk out of the ceremony with a holy card in their pocket or purse. Typically the size of a slightly elongated playing card, with the image of a saint or the Virgin Mary on one side and…
Chicago-Area Female Rabbi to Lead Reform Rabbinical Assembly
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NEW YORK (AP) – Rabbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus, who leads a small congregation in suburban Chicago, will become the second woman to head the rabbinical assembly of Judaism’s liberal Reform movement. Dreyfus, 57, is to be installed as president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis on Feb. 28 in Jerusalem and will begin her…
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