This Aleppo tragedy is in our faces. But it’s too late. Because of advanced technology we can’t bury our heads in the sand and ignore the slaughter that is happening so far away. For …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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12/21/16
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When Fania Bilkay and her son Evgeni stepped up to her desk, Sima Velkovich, a staffer in the archives division of Yad Vashem — The World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, was winding …
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By Deborah Fineblum, JNS.org
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12/21/16
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President-elect Donald Trump’s daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, are shul shopping in D.C. — and it’s making headlines in the non-Jewish world.
Reporting …
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Blog post by Ron Kapeas, JTA
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12/21/16
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By The Jewish Star
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12/21/16
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WASHINGTON — Nearly six years ago, when President Barack Obama was set to elevate one of his top emissaries to the Jewish community to the Israel ambassadorship, Dan Shapiro asked for — …
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Analysis by Ron Kampeas, JTA
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12/21/16
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A white supremacist website has called on its readers to “troll” Jewish residents of Whitefish, Mont., home to white supremacist leader Richard Spencer.
The Daily Stormer on Friday …
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By JTA
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12/21/16
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President-Elect Trump is making it clear that he will be the first pro-Israel U.S. president in eight years and the liberals are short circuiting. Not only did he appoint a Zionist activist as …
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By Jeff Dunetz
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12/21/16
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Shalom Task Force celebrated its annual brunch at the Sephardic Temple Dec. 4
Following introductory remarks by Esther Williams, the organization’s president, the Community Leadership Award …
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12/21/16
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Some couples argue over movies, others disagree about how to squeeze the toothpaste.
But one of the earliest debates Yaelle Frohlich and Yair Shahak had was over which biblical figure was the most …
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By Ben Sales, JTA
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12/21/16
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Sefer Bereishit contains the narratives of a number of larger-than-life individuals whose values and behaviors guide us until this very moment. In broad terms, it is the story of Adam and Eve, Noah, …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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12/21/16
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