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Opinion Finding Meaning of Jewish Law in Sandy Shelter
There were fallen trees everywhere. Twisted electricity pylons and crushed white picket fences littered the dark roadside as our Red Cross vehicle made its way to Locust Valley High School, in Long Island’s Nassau County. The roads were a labyrinth of dead-ends as a result of fallen debris and wrecked cars. Yet this was the…
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News Mr. Grayson Salsas Back to Washington
Thanks to overwhelming support from a growing Puerto Rican community in Central Florida, Alan Grayson, the pugnacious Jewish Democrat ousted in the Tea Party wave of 2010, is returning to Congress after a historic landslide. Grayson’s success comes after the 18-point shellacking he took as an incumbent congressman two years ago. This time, he won…
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Fast Forward Angry Over Obama Win, Woman Runs Over Hubby
An Arizona woman, in despair at the re-election of Democratic President Barack Obama, ran down her husband with the family car in suburban Phoenix on Saturday because he failed to vote in the election, police said on Monday. Holly Solomon, 28, was arrested after running over husband Daniel Solomon following a wild chase that left…
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Fast Forward Baubles From Titanic Will Go on Display
Jewelry salvaged from the wreck of the Titanic will go on display later this week, the company that owns the artifacts announced on Monday. The 15 items, including pendants, rings and a pocket watch, will first be exhibited in Atlanta from Nov. 16 through Jan. 6 and will be followed by displays in Orlando and…
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Fast Forward Wheaton College Hit by Anti-Semitic Graffiti
Anti-Semitic graffiti was found written on the back door of a Jewish residence on the campus of Wheaton College. The graffiti was discovered Sunday morning at the Jewish Life House of the private liberal arts school in southeastern Massachusetts. Wheaton President Ronald Crutcher informed the student body of the incident in a campus-wide email, according…
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Fast Forward 4,000 Chabad Leaders Gather for Conference
Some 4,000 Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries and communal leaders from more than 75 countries gathered in New York for their 29th international conference. Many of the rabbis attending the conference over the weekend brought relief supplies and funds from their communities around the world to help victims of superstorm Sandy, and volunteered their time for relief efforts….
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Fast Forward 50% of Jewish Groups Have Gay-Friendly Policy
A new survey of Jewish communal organizations found that 50 percent of them have taken significant steps to welcome gays and lesbians and their families. The Jewish Organization Equality Index provides benchmarks for gauging and improving policies regarding gay, lesbian bisexual and transgendered persons at North American Jewish communal organizations. The index was released Sunday…
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News Jewish GOP Leaders Call for Move to Middle
Think immigration through – again. Forget about gay marriage. And for heaven’s sake, when it comes to rape, shut up! The Republican Party as a whole is having the morning-afters, reconsidering how it might have done better in an election that saw the party fail to win the White House and suffer modest losses in…
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