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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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Fast Forward Tribute to Navy Yard Shooting Victims Held at Statue Created by Jewish Sculptor
A memorial service was held Tuesday morning at the U.S. Navy Memorial in honor of the victims of Monday’s shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, ABC7 News reported. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray and other senior Department of Defense Officials laid a wreath in front of “The Lone Sailor,” the statue created…
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Fast Forward AIPAC Urges Congress to Approve U.S. Intervention in Syria
WASHINGTON – The influential pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC urged U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday to approve a resolution allowing the Obama administration to retaliate for chemical weapons use in Syria. “AIPAC urges Congress to grant the president the authority he has requested to protect America’s national security interests and dissuade the Syrian regime’s further use of…
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News The Jews Who Marched on Washington With Martin Luther King
The Forward spoke with descendants of these men and others who took the stage and filled the National Mall on August 28, 1963
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News Mark Leibovich Channels Jewish Outsider Status for Beltway Bestseller ‘This Town’
An anecdote described in the opening of the new book that has been rattling the nation’s capital tells the story of NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell and former Reagan chief of staff Ken Duberstein, who are described as “Jews by religion and local royalty by acclamation.” Invited to a dinner party at the mansion of the…
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News Holocaust Museum Turns 20 as Sara Bloomfield Ends Controversies
Two images attest to Sara Bloomfield’s success as director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — one clearly visible, the other hidden from sight. The obvious marker of Bloomfield’s success can be found daily alongside the museum’s starkly designed building, where, even 20 years after its opening, lengthy lines of visitors snake for blocks….
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Opinion Top U.S. General: We Pay a Price for Backing Israel
Marine Corps General James Mattis, who retired May 22 as chief of the U.S. Central Command, in charge of U.S. forces in the Middle East, said in a speech at the prestigious Aspen Security Forum in Colorado last Saturday (July 20) that America needs to work “with a sense of urgency” to achieve a two-state…
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News Controversy Erupts Over Effort To Honor Bulgarian Who Saved Jews From Nazis
A seemingly innocuous move to honor a Bulgarian politician who helped save Jews during the Holocaust has triggered an unexpectedly fierce debate about the less than heroic role played by the Balkan nation during World War II. At issue is a nondescript small green sign bearing three words: “Dimitar Peshev Plaza.” A former Washington city…
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