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The Louis and Goldie Chester Full Plate Kosher Food Pantry is truly a family affair. Family by household, family by working together closely and family because as Jews we know it is our responsibility to take care of each other.
We cannot put …
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Susan Adler
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1/30/15
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On Aug. 14 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. In 1937 Earnest Ackerman earned the very first Social Security payment of 17 cents. A lot has changed since 1937. According to the Social …
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Andrew Miller
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1/30/15
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JTA – In advance of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation said it has nearly reached its approximately $156 million campaign goal.
The total of $140 million includes $9 million in newly …
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1/30/15
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ATHENS, Greece (JTA) – Panos Kammenos, a right-wing politician who said Jews don’t pay taxes, was appointed the defense minister of Greece.Kammenos, who heads the ultranationalist Independent Greeks, was appointed to the post in the new …
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1/30/15
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JTA —Wes Anderson’s whimsical film “The Grand Budapest Hotel” was nominated for nine Academy Awards last week, just days after winning the Golden Globe for Best Comedy or Musical. Named one of the best films of the year by several top …
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GABE FRIEDMAN
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1/30/15
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“We still live in a world in which a significant fraction of people, including women, believe that a woman belongs and wants to belong exclusively in the home; that a woman should not aspire to achieve more than her male counterparts and …
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Toby Rossner
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1/30/15
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Best known as a popular radio host on Sirius XM’s Symphony Hall channel, Martin Goldsmith has a deeper and darker tie to music.
As the son of the famed German musical couple of flutist Gunther Goldschmidt and violinist Rosemarie Gumpert …
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MATT ROBINSON
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1/30/15
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We discovered much about Israel in our 10-day trip: the beautiful, the perplexing and the wondrous. Our mantra was often “it is complicated” as we discovered the layers of history and the depth and diversity of our connections to Israel. We …
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RABBI SARAH MACK
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1/30/15
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While this holiday season didn’t resemble the traditions of my youth, it was still very special for me. With my new friends and communities here in Israel, I took part in multicultural celebrations across the country. The saying here goes that …
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CHLOE NEWMAN
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1/30/15
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“Amazing” and “life-changing” is what many participants call a Birthright trip. But I didn’t realize that as a Birthright staff member, I too would have my own transformative experience. Seeing participants on my trip explore Israel for …
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ELANAH CHASSEN
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1/30/15
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