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...decades ago, an African-American leader in a synagogue might have been about as likely as an African American in the White House. But Stanton's ascendancy reflects the slowly changing face of America's Jews. According to Diane Tobin, a demographer with the San Francisco-based Institute for Jewish and Community Research (IJCR), some 20% of American Jewry is now non-Caucasian. While there is no data specifically on black Jews, "a large percentage [of nonwhite Jews] are African American," Tobin says. "Most arrive via conversion, adoption or mixed Jewish-black marriages," she adds, "and are far from Judaism...
...Zaken synagogue - and First Lady Michelle Obama's second cousin - mainstream American Jewry appears ready to embrace leaders like Stanton. And with African Americans becoming increasingly drawn to Judaism, in part because of the shrinking perception that they are not welcomed by white Jews, the IJCR's Tobin say the timing could not be better for American Jewry to finally reconsider who and what makes a Jew. "Due to assimilation and intermarriage, the stability of the American Jewish community has never been more vulnerable," she says. "If we are to survive we must become more welcoming to people...
...Amigos School student, said that she thought Young was the best candidate of the three.“If he means what he says then he is what I have been wishing for in a superintendent.”Chris G. Edel, a parent with a son at the Tobin School, said he thought Turk was “competent” but that he would prefer someone new.“It seems like we could use some energy and new life, especially in the special education area,” he said.The finalists will be interviewed tonight...
...Three new kindergarten classrooms were also included in the budget, as projected kindergarten enrollment in the coming academic year is projected to rise almost 7 percent to 800 children. According to James Maloney, the chief operating officer for the Cambridge Public Schools, these classrooms may be in the Tobin School, the Morse School, the King School, and/or the Cambridgeport School. Overall, the School Committee members responded positively to the proposed budget. Nancy Tauber said that she was “extremely pleased” and Fred Fantini said that this was “the smoothest budget process?...
...think you've heard it all before, chances are you have. Some of the most exciting music today is being created by sound-sampling omnivores whose songs draw from bygone musical eras - take DJ Shadow, Amon Tobin or Mr Scruff. Enter Retrochine. More than a collection of kitsch remixes, this second release by Schtung Music duo Morton Wilson and producer Ian Widgery follows on from their hugely successful 1930s Shanghai Lounge Divas album, but this time ventures into 1950s and 1960s Hong Kong through the classic musical films of the Shaw Brothers...