(JTA) — President-elect Joe Biden filled the months before Inauguration Day lining up a slate of Cabinet secretaries, assistants and advisors, … more
1/20/21
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NEW YORK (JTA) – The president of New York University said the school will not acquiesce to its graduate student union’s recent demand that the university cut its Israel ties.
“A …
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4/28/16
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( JTA ) — Dr. Vivian Fischer spent five hours Saturday walking toward Minneapolis’s devastation from her home in a suburb immediately outside the city. The family physician put on gray scrubs, …
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Debra Nussbaum Cohen
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6/1/20
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The number of veterans who belong to organizations has declined sharply across the nation and Rhode Island, and it’s the same story for Jewish war veteran groups.
While Ira …
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LARRY KESSLER
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5/4/18
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WASHINGTON (JTA) – George H.W. Bush was a man of uncommon decency. He also was a man of uncommon integrity.
I worked for him for over 10 years, while he was the vice president …
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MARSHALL BREGER
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12/6/18
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(JTA) — Election Day 2020 is finally upon us, and besides the presidential election, there are hundreds of races across the country with huge implications for local and national politics. There are also several with higher stakes for the Jewish community, whether they involve key Jewish politicians or issues that American Jews are particularly concerned about. We’ve outlined which races we’ll be watching on Tuesday night and beyond. …
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GABE FRIEDMAN
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11/2/20
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Some facts about Jewish veterans buried at Arlington National Cemetery:
• There are more than 2,000 Jewish veterans buried there.
• Jewish veterans have been buried there since …
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5/4/18
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JTA – The Iowa caucuses are over – and the first real test of the presidential candidates’ viability gave us more questions than answers.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, won the Republican caucus on Feb. 1, relegating Donald Trump, the …
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Ron Kampeas
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2/5/16
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JTA – The quirky Jewish physicist would have been proud.
A violin once owned by Albert Einstein recently sold for $516,500 at the New York-based Bonhams auction house.
The …
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3/14/18
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JTA – Jewish young adults in the U.S. and Israel are, on average, just as religious as their elders, even though young people worldwide are largely less religious than their parents, a new …
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6/22/18
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