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Eric Rosen joined the 2019 Kansas Supreme Court decision that found a constitutional right to abortion
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Fast Forward Kansas Jewish college student, 19, defeats longtime State House incumbent
(JTA) — A 19-year-old Jewish community college student has defeated a 13-year incumbent in the Democratic primary for a state House seat in Kansas. But the party has disavowed Aaron Coleman, who has admitted to harassing girls online when he was in middle school. Coleman, of Kansas City, defeated Stan Frownfelter, 823 to 809, in…
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Forward 50 2018 Zalman Tiechtel
Making Jewish College Life In Kansas Accessible, Rewarding And Tasty! Our two years of producing a college guide has given us tremendous insight into the innovations and personalities affecting Jewish life at the colleges around the country. Yes, we’ve seen innovations at places better known for their Jewish life, like Brown and Harvard or even…
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Fast Forward Rabbis Call On Congressional Candidate To Stop Comparing Abortion To The Holocaust
(JTA) — A group of rabbis is urging a Republican politician from Kansas City to stop comparing abortion to the Holocaust. The Rabbinical Association of Kansas City wrote a letter to State Sen. Steve Fitzgerald saying his words “abuse the memory of the murdered victims of the Nazi regime,” the Kansas City Star reported Thursday….
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Fast Forward Meet The Jewish Teenager From Maryland Running To Be Governor Of Kansas
(JTA) — Ilan Cohen loves Kansas. He knows a couple of people in Kansas. He’s currently, officially, running to be governor of Kansas. And one day he hopes to visit Kansas. And turn 18. And be able to vote. And graduate from high school. Right now, Cohen is a 17-year-old junior at the Charles E….
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Fast Forward Pro-Gun Republican Won’t Scrap Giveaway Of Rifle Used In School Shooting
A Republican candidate for U.S. Congress in Kansas said on Thursday he has no plans to end his giveaway of the same type of assault rifle used in the deadly Florida high school shooting. Tyler Tannahill said he launched the AR-15 giveaway on Tuesday in support of the Second Amendment and to coincide with this…
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Fast Forward Federal Judge Blocks Kansas Anti-BDS Law
A federal judge has issued an injunction stopping the enforcement of a Kansas law that bans the state from contracting with individuals or businesses that support the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against Israel. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree ruled Tuesday that the law should not be enforced while he judges a case involving a…
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Fast Forward Kansas State Sukkah Damaged By Weather, Not Vandalism, Police Say
(JTA) — A sukkah erected on the campus of Kansas State University was damaged by severe weather and not vandalism as first reported. The sukkah was found bent, destroyed and wrapped around a car on the night of Oct.6. It was initially believed that the sukkah had been vandalized, since its pieces were found around the…
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Yiddish ייִדיש־אַקטיוויסטקע און שרײַבערין לילאַ האָלצמאַן איז אַוועק צו 96 יאָרYiddish activist and writer Lila Holzman has died at age 96
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A conversation with Julia Haart and her son Shlomo, stars of Netflix's 'My Unorthodox Life,' about the new season and much more.