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News American Military Officer Receives Posthumous Honor for Saving Jewish Conscripts
More than three decades after his death, United States Army Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds received a posthumous award for his working saving 200 Jewish soldiers from deportation to a Nazi slave labor camp, reported the Times of Israel. Edmonds and almost 1,300 other American GIs were captured at the Battle of Bulge, in the waning…
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News Ben Zion Shenker, a Master of Melodies, Made from Music a Life of Meaning
There are very few people who may honestly be referred to as “national treasures” — someone whose contributions are not to one or another group within our community, but to all of us together: old and young, wise and simple, religiously observant and less so. Rabbi Ben Zion Shenker, who died November 20 at the…
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Community All Americans Should Wear a Yellow Badge — and a Crescent One, Too
Donald Trump’s campaign for the White House has given us ample reason to fear what he will do once in office. He has made threats and boasted of being the man to get things done. He has also indicated, if less convincingly, that he can change his mind. We should persuade him to change his…
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Breaking News Larry King Suspenders Go On Block for Jewish Historical Society Benefit
Ever want a pair of Larry King’s suspenders, that iconic fashion accessory for the long-time CNN talk show host? Well, then, hustle over to the American Jewish Historical Society’s awards dinner this Thursday, where a signed pair will be auctioned off and King will received an award. The benefit, with tickets starting at $1,000, will…
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Opinion 4 Reasons We Should Stop Calling People ‘Intermarried’
The term “intermarriage” is confusing, vague, archaic and, well, creepy. It’s time for Jewish communities to move away from using this language when writing or talking about families. As the child of interfaith parents, and as the parent of grown interfaith children, and as someone who works full-time on interfaith family issues, I can give…
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News Charities Lean More on Donations From the Wealthiest — Jewish Groups Included
Giving in the United States is more than ever a rich person’s sport, finds a new report from the Institute for Policy Studies. And Jewish charities aren’t immune to the trend, according to nonprofit consultant and fundraiser Avrum Lapin. “The growth of inequality is mirrored in philanthropy,” one of the report’s authors, Chuck Collins, told…
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Opinion How Do You Build a Strong Muslim-Jewish Alliance for the Trump Era?
Never before has it been so urgent for American Jews and Muslims to unite as it is now that Donald Trump has won the presidency. Ever since November 9, Jews and Muslims have been experiencing an uptick in targeted hate crimes, with the Southern Poverty Law Center reporting hundreds of incidents of intimidation and harassment…
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News After Fidel Castro’s Death, Can Cuba’s Resilient Jews Survive — or Even Thrive?
Fidel Castro has died at age 90. The former Cuban strongman was nothing if not a controversial figure — a socialist hero to some, a heartless dictator to many others. His relationship to the island’s small Jewish community — now just 1,500, down from a peak of 15,000 — was also far from clear-cut. On…
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