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Poland to review constitutionality of kosher ban: Jewish groups horrified by ritual slaughter ban

Poland will set up a committee to investigate whether it is possible to re-establish ritual Jewish slaughter in Poland, because the current ban might actually be constitutional.

TJC’s Jewish News Week In Review: October 25, 2013

Awarding a million dollar to Michael Bloomberg and explaining why,
Dr. Ruth’s Life Story brought to the Stage
Expanding an Old Jewish Institution in a new way

and more of the Jewish News that’s changing your world right now on the Week In Review.

Power outages remain in Cuyahoga, Geauga counties About 18,005 are still without power in Cuyahoga County following the Oct. 24 snowstorm, according to a FirstEnergy outage map. (full story)Why there is still no ‘Entourage’ movie It seems the “Entourage” cast members could use some help from someone like superagent Ari Gold. (full story)Jewish studies professor to highlight scholar weekend When Richard Elliott Friedman was a young boy, he thought he wanted to be Rashi – the medieval French rabbi famous for writing commentaries on the Torah. (full story) Player of the Week: Danielle Buchinsky Junior Danielle Buchinsky capped an outstanding season as Laurel School’s No. 1 singles player with a fourth-place finish in the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II girls’ state tennis tournament Oct. 18-19 at The Ohio State University in Columbus. (full story) Know a student athlete you would like to nominate for High School Player of the Week? Coaches and parents should email Ed Wittenberg at ewittenberg@cjn.org by noon on Sunday. Provide the player’s name and statistics for the week and a contact telephone number and email. Regina Brett, a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning columnist, will write a biweekly column for the Cleveland Jewish News beginning Friday, Nov. 1. To learn more about Regina, clickhere. Weekend’s Best Bet Sunday, Oct. 27: Temple Israel Ner Tamid’s fourth annual speaker’s program with Michael Scharf, 7 p.m., 1732 Lander Road, Mayfield Hts. Tickets: $25 general admission, $100 meet-and-greet reception. 440-473-5120 or www.tintcleveland.org/scharf. B’nai mitzvah – week of Oct. 25 Ariel Cohen, Saturday morning, Suburban Temple-Kol Ami Bradley Jacob Gilbert, Saturday evening, Park Synagogue David Gold, Saturday morning, Congregation Shaarey Tikvah Sophie Greff, Saturday evening, Jewish Family Experience at the John Carroll University Green Road Annex Morgan Wynne Kahn, Saturday morning, Beth Israel-The West Temple Evie Rose Krislov, Saturday morning, B’nai Jeshurun Congregation Ally Marchewitz, Saturday afternoon, The Temple-Tifereth Israel in Beachwood Jake Marchewitz, Saturday afternoon, The Temple-Tifereth Israel in Beachwood Daniel Myeroff, Saturday morning, Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple Jack Newman, Saturday morning, Park Synagogue Dylan Siegler, Saturday evening, Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple Click here to read the complete b’nai mitzvah listings at cjn.org. This Day in History 1921: Simchat Torah is celebrated for the first time during the presidency of Warren Harding and for the second time under the strictures of the Volstead Act.