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News Protest Slams Washington Jewish Funeral Home Merger — Fear Higher Costs
Standing in front of an empty coffin carrying signs reading “I can’t afford to die,” leaders of the Washington D.C. Jewish community staged a protest outside the offices of the Federal Trade Commission urging it to block expected rate hikes following a planned merger of two funeral conglomerates. “Our point of concern is that the…
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Fast Forward ‘Righteous’ Bulgarian Dimitar Peshev Gets Washington D.C. Street Named After Him
The street in front of the Bulgarian Embassy was renamed Dimitar Peshev Plaza, in honor of the man credited with halting the deportation of about 50,000 Jews. A 45-minute ceremony witnessed by close to 75 people was held Nov. 12, after the D.C. Council unanimously voted to give the intersection of 22nd and R St….
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Forward 50 2013 Josh Block
The choice of Josh Block, 40, to head The Israel Project, one of the Jewish community’s fastest growing pro-Israel organizations, marked a clear shift for the group and in Block’s professional trajectory. A former media relations professional, Block was best known as the combative spokesman for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, where he served…
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Forward 50 2013 Janet Yellen
Poised to be the first woman ever to lead America’s central bank, Janet Yellen comes to the post with a wealth of knowledge and experience accumulated in years of scholarly and public work. Yellen, 67, was nominated by President Obama following an unusually open and intense search process. An economics professor who also served as…
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Food Save Eli’s!
WASHINGTON — Eli’s Restaurant, a popular kosher eatery in Washington D.C., frequented by politicians, lobbyists and government workers, may have a date with the wrecking ball. According to a petition being circulated on Change.org, its “current storefront will be demolished as part of a redevelopment plan.” The petition, which had 100 signatures as of Tuesday,…
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Israel News Theater J Scales Back Show as Pro-Israel Critics Pressure Washington D.C. Troupe
In an apparent bow to the right in the Jewish culture wars, Theater J, a celebrated theatrical group housed at Washington’s DC Jewish Community Center, will not produce a play set to open this spring that has been denounced by critics as anti-Israel. The troupe will instead run a workshop on the play and a…
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Fast Forward Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon to Meet Chuck Hagel in Washington
WASHINGTON — Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon and U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will meet in Washington to discuss “regional security challenges.” The defense chiefs are scheduled to meet Tuesday at the Pentagon, according to a statement from Pentagon spokesman Carlin Woog to JTA. Israel has welcomed the results of a threat by the Obama…
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News Jewish Leaders Fret About Impact of Government Shutdown
Like many other Americans, Jewish communal leaders in Washington spent the last couple of days trying to figure out how to work around the government shutdown — and how it may affect them and their work. For the Jewish federation of Detroit, news from D.C. about the shutdown led to a decision to cancel the…
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