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Fast Forward New Bible Museum Will House Israeli Antiquities Exhibit
The Museum of the Bible, set to open in Washington, D.C., in 2017, will house a large collection from the Israel Antiquities Authority. The authority, which oversees archaeological digs in Israel, will have a 4,000 square-foot exhibit space in the museum to show pieces from its collection of 2 million artifacts. The exhibit will be…
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News Washington’s Best-Traveled Synagogue Gets Ready To Move Again
The first time the historic Adas Israel synagogue stood in the way of progress, it occupied the corner of Sixth and G Streets NW in downtown Washington. During the 1960s, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority bought the Sixth and G Street block and began demolishing buildings to make way for its new headquarters. By…
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Culture William Shemin Gets His Medal of Honor — a Century Later
About a year ago I got a phone call out of the blue from a woman who was breathless with excitement over an article I had written for Hadassah magazine about the Jewish experience in World War I. “Do you have a minute?” she asked, identifying herself as 85-year-old Elsie Shemin Roth of St. Louis….
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Opinion Henry Waxman, ‘Lobbyist’s Nightmare,’ Is Now a Lobbyist
When Henry Waxman announced in January of 2014 that he would retire from Congress after 40 years of service, he was rightly hailed as one of the most influential liberals, and one of the most skilled legislators, of his generation. Waxman’s list of accomplishments is astonishing – expanding Medicaid, strengthening of the Clean Air Act,…
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Fast Forward Retrial Granted in Death of Washington Intern Chandra Levy
A District of Columbia judge on Thursday granted a new trial to the man convicted of killing federal intern Chandra Levy in 2001, a case that contributed to a politician’s downfall. Superior Court Judge Gerald Fisher ordered the retrial for Ingmar Guandique, 34, after prosecutors dropped their opposition to defense lawyers’ request for a new…
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News Barack Obama Says Israel Criticism Is Tough Love
Standing on the bimah and donning a white kippah on his head, Barack Obama passed his first synagogue appearance as president with flying colors. Obama chose a complex and subtle message for his Jewish American Heritage Month address at Adas Israel congregation, Washington’s prime Conservative synagogue, where many of the city’s Jewish government official, high…
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Fast Forward Japanese Prime Minister Visits U.S. Holocaust Museum
Japan’s prime minister at a visit to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington honored the Japanese envoy who helped thousands of Jews escape the Holocaust. Shinzo Abe, who met with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, said while at the Holocaust museum on Monday, “As a Japanese citizen, I feel extremely proud of [Chiune] Sugihara’s…
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News $20M Gift Set To Transform Only Jewish Day School in Washington D.C.
A huge donation is about to transform the only Jewish day school in the nation’s capital. The Jewish Primary Day School announced Monday evening it had just received a $20 million gift from two donors, which will allow the school, currently serving students in elementary school grades, to build a middle school. Behind the donation,…
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