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Breaking News Mel Brooks Warned by President Obama: Don’t Sell Arts Medal on eBay
President Barack Obama awarded 24 American giants of the arts and humanities with medals on Thursday, lauding their accomplishments – and sharing some laughs. Comedian Mel Brooks, who Obama has said he admires for his over-the-top Western satire “Blazing Saddles,” dropped to one knee as if receiving a knighthood after he was given his official…
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Breaking News 20 Senators Push Medal of Freedom for Rabbi Abraham Heschel
WASHINGTON — A slate of 20 senators urged President Barack Obama to posthumously award Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the nation’s highest honors. The letter made public Wednesday, spearheaded by Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, cited the role of Heschel, who fled Nazi-era Germany, in advancing the cause of civil…
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Breaking News Jewish World War I Vet Honored – 97 Years Later
A Jewish World War I veteran will be posthumously awarded the nation’s highest military honor 97 years after his heroic actions against the Germans. The White House announced Thursday that Sgt. William Shemin, who is Jewish and died in 1973, will be awarded the Medal of Honor in a ceremony on June 2. Shemin’s daughter…
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Breaking News Jewish World War I Hero Could Get Medal of Honor
A Jewish World War I hero is eligible for the nation’s highest military honor. A congressional spending bill passed last week includes a provision extending redress for soldiers deserving the Medal of Honor to Sgt. William Shemin. Elsie Shemin-Roth, now 85, from suburban St. Louis, Mo., sought to have her father included under a law…
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Israel News ‘Righteous’ Medal Returned, But Drama of Saved Family Continues
When 91-year-old Henk Zanoli protested Israel’s war in Gaza by returning the medal he’d received from the state for rescuing a Jew from the Nazis, even many of Israel’s supporters voiced some understanding: The Jewish state’s controversial bombing had just killed six Palestinian members of Zanoli’s own extended family who lived in the now devastated…
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Breaking News Daniel Kahneman and Gloria Steinem Win Presidential Medals of Freedom
Feminist Gloria Steinem and Princeton psychologist Daniel Kahneman were among some of the most famous figures in American sports, politics and music were awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Thursday by President Barack Obama. The award is the highest U.S. civilian honor and to mark the 50th anniversary of the medal, Obama chose to…
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