Who were the most (and least) Jewish presidents?
Some had strong ties; others were unabashed antisemites
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Besides Israel, four other countries are led by Jews, or those with Jewish heritage
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Fast Forward Martin Greenfield, Auschwitz survivor and master tailor to American presidents, dies at 95
'Receiving your first tailoring lesson inside a Nazi concentration camp was hardly the ideal apprenticeship,' Greenfield once recalled
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Opinion I was wrong about Israel. I apologized. Then President Carter gave me a lesson in grace
Carter owed me nothing, yet gave me a sense there is a capacity within us all for unconditional love
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Test your knowledge of the Oval Office's relations with the Jews
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Opinion Reform Jews helped write US voting rights laws. Today, rabbis are arrested for defending them
I have engaged in civil disobedience against the actions of Sudanese crimes against humanity in Darfur, South African apartheid, and a U.S. administration whose Vietnam policy I morally deplored. But never have I done so at the gates of the White House of a President I so staunchly admire, whose policies resonate so deeply with…
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