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LOS ANGELES (JTA) – When Rep. Henry Waxman, who will turn 75 in September, retires at the end of this year after 46 years in elected office, it will mark more than just the end of a storied career as one of the most prolific …
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Anthony Weiss
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9/11/14
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NEW YORK (JTA) – When it comes to Hasidic characters in movies, film consultant Elli Meyer believes that the real deal trumps a random actor in costume.
But that approach isn’t without its challenges.
Meyer, a New York-based Lubavitcher …
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MIRIAM MOSTER
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9/11/14
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WASHINGTON (JTA) – Don’t bring it up. If it comes up, change the subject. If you can’t change the subject, consider an outright denial.
Those are some of the strategies used by Jewish reporters working in the Arab and Muslim Middle East to …
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Ron Kampeas
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9/11/14
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Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org – Financial giant Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has agreed to purchase the Israeli-founded SuperDerivatives for an estimated $350 million.
The deal is for cash and is expected to be wrapped up some time in …
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9/11/14
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JTA – The trustee charged with recovering funds for victims of Bernie Madoff’s fraud scheme said he will appeal a ruling that would decimate a lawsuit against financier J. Ezra Merkin.
Irving Picard asked a New York bankruptcy court on Sept. …
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9/11/14
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Almost everyone knows that Emma Lazarus wrote “The New Colossus,” the famous sonnet inscribed on a bronze tablet at the entrance to the Statue of Liberty. Already a famous poet in 1883, Lazarus was asked to contribute a poem to an auction to …
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TOBY ROSSNER
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9/11/14
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NEW YORK (JTA) – Germany and the Claims Conference are establishing a $250 million fund for child survivors of the Holocaust.
The fund will provide one-time payouts of approximately $3,280 (2,500 euros) to Jews born in 1928 or later who spent …
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9/11/14
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JTA – A design competition will be held for a memorial in Warsaw to Poles who saved Jews during World War II.
Sigmund Rolat of the Remembrance and Future Foundation announced the competition at a news conference Sept. 8 in Warsaw.
Rolat, a …
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9/11/14
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JERUSALEM (JTA) – All women of Ashkenazi descent should be screened from age 30 for the BRCA gene mutation that causes breast cancer, an Israeli study recommends.
The study, by a research team headed by Ephrat Levy-Lahad of Shaare Zedek …
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9/11/14
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JNS.ORG – At a time when many archaeological sites and antiquities throughout the Middle East are being looted and destroyed, the City of David Foundation on Sept. 4 hosted its annual conference to enable the general public to experience some of …
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Sean Savage
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9/11/14
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