Jackie Jacobs
By Jackie Jacobs
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Opinion Remembering Gordon Zacks, Jewish GOP Leader
Anyone can change the course of events, especially when they see injustice. That was the mantra of Gordon Zacks, who died Saturday in the Columbus, Ohio area at the age of 80. A founder of the Republican Jewish Coalition and an unofficial adviser to George H.W. Bush, Gordon wrote the book on character, courage and…
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News My Brother’s Lives and Deaths
Mental illness took my brother’s life on numerous occasions, most recently and for the last time when he was 58. He was 22 the first time he died, six years to the day after my father’s yahrzeit. His obituary noted that Gerald M. Jacobs died at home, but funeral arrangements were incomplete. Contributions could be…
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Opinion The Germans Got It Right With One Call
My parents, both Holocaust survivors, were indignant that the German government dared to presume that it could offer monetary compensation for human lives and suffering, so they applied for no restitution payments. Over time, my parents’ moral rectitude about dealing with the devil was softened by economic necessity. They came across a display ad in…
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