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8 Jewish Baseball Players To Watch — and One Manager
(JTA) — Will Joc Pederson rebound from his second-half struggles of last season? Can Kevin Pillar build on his strong 2015 campaign? Will injuries derail one-time MVP Ryan Braun? These are some of the questions to be answered as these Jewish players and others get set for the Major League Baseball season that opens April…
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The Polish Hipster Who Found Out He’s Jewish — and Reclaimed Warsaw Building
Two years ago, the serenity of the residents at 62 Zlota Street was disturbed. Krzysztof Gutkowski and Ida Zagrzejewska, a thirty-something Polish couple, entered the large building in the Polish capital with unusual news. “Nice to meet you, we are your new landlords,” they told the dozens of speechless tenants. “They were afraid we had…
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Senate Battle Erupts Over Charges Israel Violates Human Rights
Ben Cardin, the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hit out at fellow Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy for putting Israel and Egypt on the same level in responding to allegations of human rights violations in each country. “There’s no comparison here,” said Cardin, of Maryland, when asked to comment on a recent letter…
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Hasidic Businessman Who Flipped AIDS Home Part of Sect With Cozy Ties to Mayor Bill de Blasio
At a recent fundraiser for the Bobov Hasidic group attended by New York City mayor Bill de Blasio, City Council member David Greenfield told the crowd that de Blasio “did not forget his friends.” Now, de Blasio’s ties to the Bobov have put him on the defensive, amid a scandal over a nursing home chain…
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To Support Bernie, ‘Ben & Jerry’ Give the Masses Free Ice Cream
Bernie Sanders believes in a free college degree — and free ice cream. At a Sanders campaign event in Union Square Thursday, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, founders of the Vermont-based ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s, organized the event and spoke to the large crowd of mostly college students about their love for the…
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Bill Clinton: I Will Use My Superdelegate Vote to Support Bernie Sanders If He Wins Nomination
Bill Clinton is saying no to . In an interview with the New York Daily News during a campaign stop, President Clinton said he would use his superdelegate vote in New York to support Bernie Sanders if he wins the Democratic nomination over wife Hillary Clinton. “It happened last time,” Clinton said, referring to his…
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When East Meets Mideast: China and Israel Expand Ties
Israel and China struck several deals this week to boost tourism and business ties. One of the biggest and most promising is the opening of the first Chinese tech hub in Israel, in Tel Aviv, reports Bloomberg Technology. The hub is operated by Beijing-based TechCode, which also has operations in Silicon Valley, Seoul, and Berlin….
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Hasidic ‘Evidence Drive’ Seeks to Shame DOE
Got any report cards sent home with no grades assigned for secular subjects? Any textbooks, purchased with government dollars, in which teachers have slapped stickers over unapproved subjects? Hand ‘em over, says an advocacy group pushing to raise the quality of secular education in Hasidic schools. The group, Yaffed, is holding an “evidence drive,” asking…
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CUNY Under the Anti-Semitism Microscope
The poster on the door of the Hillel at John Jay College of Criminal Justice reads “Safe Zone.” Above it hangs an Israeli flag, an American flag and another sign: “Israel wants peace.” Take two steps down the narrow hallway on the ground floor of this Manhattan campus, and there is another, very different message….
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Israeli Company Helps FBI Hack San Bernardino Terrorist’s iPhone
The FBI announced this Tuesday that it has hacked into the phone of Syed Rizwan Farook, the mass murderer responsible the San Bernardino shooting spree that took the lives of 14 people. This ends the Feds’s long and winding legal battle with Apple, who refused to help find a way to bypass the iPhone’s security…
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Israel Is Cornering The Medical Marijuana Market
TEL AVIV – Already a pioneer in high-tech and cutting-edge agriculture, Israel is starting to attract American companies looking to bring medical marijuana know-how to a booming market back home. Since 2014, U.S. firms have invested about $50 million in licensing Israeli medical marijuana patents, cannabis agro-tech startups and firms developing delivery devices such as…
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