Marshall Weiss
By Marshall Weiss
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Fast Forward Ohio school board member apologizes for giving Nazi salute at public meeting
'I’m not an expert at this, but isn’t that how some of this snowballed with Hitler and Nazism?' Zakkour asked as she apologized
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Fast Forward Adina Porat Wins Orthodox Divorce Battle as Husband Gives Get
(Dayton Jewish Observer) — After more than eight years of waiting, an Israeli woman was freed from her marriage after an unprecedented campaign to pressure her husband to grant her a Jewish writ of divorce, or get. Adina Porat’s former husband, now known as Eli Shur (he went by David Porat when the couple were…
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News How DeMille Created a Sanctuary Out of the Exodus
In 1923, a year before Charlton Heston was born, Cecil B. DeMille shot his original version of “The Ten Commandments.” In its day, it was the largest, most popular project ever put on film. With a price tag of $1.48 million, it was also the most expensive. Following its glittering premiere — 80 years ago…
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