Judy Rakowsky
By Judy Rakowsky
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Culture My relatives were sheltered and saved — but in WWII Poland, they were the exception not the rule
During the Holocaust there were tales of Polish heroism, though far fewer than the current government would have you believe
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News Donors Give Pluralistic School in Boston $12.25 Mil
Defying the recession and concerns about Jewish philanthropy after Bernard Madoff, a group of anonymous donors recently gave $12.25 million to Gann Academy, a 13-year-old pluralistic Jewish high school in suburban Waltham, Mass., enabling the school to retire its building debt. School officials will say only that the donors are several families, some not from…
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News Lawsuits Dropped, But Battles Over Boston Mosque Continue
Boston – At a June 20 meeting at a synagogue in the Boston suburbs, a pro-Israel group quickened the drum beat against a local Muslim group accused of receiving funding from Saudi Arabia. Charles Jacobs, president of The David Project, received a standing ovation from a crowd at Kehillath Israel Synagogue in Brookline after he…
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