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JTS Puts Rare Gutenberg Bible on Block Amid Fiscal Woes
The Jewish Theological Seminary plans to sell a 1455 edition of the Book of Esther from a rare Gutenberg Bible at auction on June 19, the latest sign that the school is grappling with a long-running financial crisis. The eight Latin pages are expected to fetch between $500,000 and $700,000 at auction, said Richard Austin,…
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Canada Jewry Takes a Sharp Turn to Right Republicans Can Only Dream About
Canada’s looming election is a contest about many things on the country’s agenda, but for the Canadian Jewish community, one aspect is leaping into sharp relief. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fiercest supporter among world leaders, Stephen Harper, is facing off against Justin Trudeau, a liberal (and large-L Liberal) with a renowned family name and…
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Steve Gutow Steps Down at JCPA
The head of the Jewish community’s grassroots umbrella organization on policy issues is stepping down after 10 years. Rabbi Steve Gutow, president and CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, announced his resignation effective December 31. JCPA’s top lay leader Susan Turnbull sent an email on Thursday to board members informing them of Gutow’s…
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The 2 We Lost in the Philadelphia Amtrak Train Crash
The Amtrak train that hurtled off the tracks in Philadelphia left a trail of broken bodies and dreams. Among the dead are at least two Jews, both with inspiring stories. Justin Zemser, 20, was a midshipman at the Naval Academy heading back to his home in Queens, New York. Rachel Jacobs was a 39-year-old mom…
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Jewish Start-Up CEO Rachel Jacobs Killed in Amtrak Tragedy
Rachel Jacobs, a CEO and Jewish community activist, was reportedly killed in the deadly crash of an Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia, family and friends said. Jacobs’s family sent a text message to friends saying that she died in the tragedy, the New York Times reported. “This is an unthinkable tragedy,” the Jacobs family…
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AJWS Cuts Back on Domestic Advocacy After Donors Balk
The overseas aid and development group American Jewish World Service plans to lay off its community organizing staff two years after announcing a new focus on political advocacy to support its mission. Stuart Schear, the group’s vice president for communications, said that while AJWS was able to raise millions of dollars targeted for overseas aid,…
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German Left Haunted by the Holocaust — Split Over Israel
Growing up in reunified Germany, Eva Meyer remembers being overwhelmed by the Holocaust studies that were part of each school year. Meyer and her classmates were assigned to read books about the Holocaust. They heard personal stories from Holocaust survivors. They had to write essays about the Holocaust, too. Learning so intensively about the horrors…
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Meet Robert Shillman, the Tech Mogul Who Funds Pamela Geller’s Anti-Islam Push
Robert Shillman heads a publicly traded American technology company called Cognex Corp with a market value of $4 billion. He also says he is a big supporter of last Sunday’s Prophet Mohammad cartoon contest in Texas that was attacked by two gunmen who opened fire before being shot dead by police. In a telephone interview…
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7 Things About Benjamin Netanyahu’s New Cabinet
Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government is just starting to take shape and has yet to present a platform or guidelines. Even the ministerial portfolios are not all divvied out yet; members of Netanyahu’s Likud party are still anxiously waiting to hear what posts their leader has left for them after signing generous deals with his coalition…
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Amid Asian Influx, Brandeis Sticks With Jewish Identity
(JTA) — When Jeff Wang was applying to U.S. colleges more than two years ago from his home near Shanghai, Brandeis University was a top choice. Like many Chinese students now at Brandeis, he had discovered the university on Chinese Internet forums that touted the school’s academic rankings and its high faculty-to-student ratio. Wang noted…
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Pamela Geller Vows To Repeat Muhammed Caricature Event After Attack
Pamela Geller is vowing to push ahead with another event showcasing caricatures of the Prophet Muhammed — even after radical gunmen attacked the first one. “We feel compelled to hold another event to demonstrate that we refuse to be silenced by violent intimidation,” Geller, one of the organizers of the May 3 event in Garland,…
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