As a young(ish) Muslim woman heavily tied to Jews both personally and professionally, many of my Jewish friends often ask to hear my thoughts on “the latest radical terror attack.” What can I say each time that would be different from whatever I said last time? As a peace-loving Muslim, I hate each attack — […]
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USAAuthors and historians discover and document community’s rich past The dry goods store owned by Art Finkle’s grandfather, Sam Finkle, who began as a peddler and had a store on Union Street before moving to this location, the corner of Willow and Spring Streets. In his book, Arthur Finkle, whose roots in the Trenton Jewish
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Jewish History, USAA major Jewish donor to Britain’s Labour Party has been suspended from the party a month after comparing supporters of party head Jeremy Corbyn to stormtroopers. Michael Foster, whose family contributed more than $500,000 to the party in the last election, had written an op-ed in the Daily Mail newspaper in which he referred to
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InternationalA third century epitaph for a Jewish woman living in Egypt has recently been translated, after its discovery in a Utah library. The limestone tablet had been labeled as a Coptic artifact for years until it was translated by Lincoln H. Blumell, an associate professor at Brigham Young University, who published his findings this month.
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International, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThe city fathers of Pilsen, Czech Republic, have agreed to close the museum and concert hall that have operated in the city’s famous synagogue, and to restore the structure to the Jewish community. The decision follows more than ten years of lobbying efforts by representatives of the dwindling Jewish community. The Great Synagogue is known
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International, Jewish HistoryNEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — RabbiCareers.com launched this week making it easier for a congregation, organization, or individual to find a rabbi for their needs. An easy to use job clearing house platform, RabbiCareers.com allows any community or individual to post a rabbinic position and reach a wide variety of rabbis. Rabbi Rebecca
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Jewish ReligionBritish Labour leader Jeremy Corbin asked to remove a Hebrew greeting from his Passover message because it made him sound “too Zionist”, his former policy adviser claimed over the weekend. The Labour leader”s office denied the claim, however, saying it was categorically untrue, according to a report Sunday in The Independent. The allegation was made
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InternationalNew Fund is Second Matching Grant Project from Genesis Prize Foundation and Jewish Funders Network, Following 2015 Initiative Honoring Michael Douglas NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Genesis Prize Foundation (GPF) and the Jewish Funders Network (JFN) today launched “Breaking Barriers”, a matching grant program in honor of 2016 Genesis Prize Laureate Itzhak
Labor Day has started the sprint to the November election. And with more than 40 percent of U.S. workers struggling on less than $15 an hour, our economy’s tilt toward low-paying jobs has become a top economic issue this year. Now, as GOP leaders fret that Donald Trump may drag down Republican incumbents, turning more
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USADemocratic nominee Hillary Clinton canceled a trip Monday to California for a series of campaign events, reportedly resting after video captured her a day earlier collapsing while being whisked out early from a 9/11 commemoration ceremony. The Clinton campaign released a statement from her physician Sunday saying the candidate was “overheated and dehydrated” and had
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAAs pundits obsess about Hillary Clinton’s pneumonia, Donald Trump is preparing to make his own health news – by releasing the results of his most recent physical. His platform: “The Dr. Oz Show.” A teaser for the Thursday episode says that Trump will discuss his “personal health regimen” with host Dr. Mehmet Oz. And Fox
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON — Five Democratic senators on Monday called for hearings into the aggressive sales tactics by Wells Fargo & Co. employees that led to a $185 million settlement package with federal and state regulators last week. “The magnitude of this situation warrants a thorough and comprehensive review,” the lawmakers, led by Sen. Robert Menendez of
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USA*/]]> */]]> */]]> Israeli security forces uncovered over 200 pounds (about 100 kilograms) of bomb-making supplies in a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank early Monday morning, the army said. The discovery was made in a home in el-Far’a, northeast of Nablus, by troops during a joint operation between police, the Israel Defense Forces
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Middle EastThe other day, outraged about the early release of convicted rapist Brock Turner, I posted on my Facebook page the general outlines of my own rape, which occurred when I was 19 years old and on my first solo trip abroad. And I wondered, in the post, how many of my friends also had been
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