Authors 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 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, USANew 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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USAThe 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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International, The World We Share, USAA fire that broke out early Monday at the Fort Pierce, Fla., mosque where Orlando massacre shooter Omar Mateen prayed and worshipped is considered arson, according to investigators. “Evidence has revealed that this fire was set intentionally,” St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Major David Thompson told reporters. A 911 call about 12:30 a.m. alerted authorities that
By Dr. Jalal Baig As a Muslim kid growing up in the suburbs of Chicago in the 1990s, I had a really strong interest in astronomy. Few things, not even girls, captured my imagination and stirred my curiosity more. It’s because my days off from school, which are the greatest reprieve for any child, were dependent
Eid memories: ‘The highs and lows of my childhood depended on the moon.’ Read More »
International, USALOS ANGELES — Nearly 3,000 flags planted around Occidental College to remember the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were trashed and crushed early Sunday, a group says. Members of the Occidental College Republican Club discovered the destruction early Sunday on the Eagle Rock campus as well as fliers, they said, that “shamed the
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Middle East, USAPneumonia has come under focus after U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign revealed Sunday that she had been diagnosed with the infectious disease Friday. Although pneumonia can be cured, it can also be fatal in severe cases. Pneumonia affects the lungs and results in mild to severe illness in people of all ages. Cough,
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAFor 18 months, Republican strategists, political pundits, reporters and Americans who follow them have been pursuing Hillary Clinton’s personal email habits, and no evidence of a crime has been found. But now they at least have the skills and interest to focus on a much larger and deeper email conspiracy, one involving war, lies, a
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USABy Morton A. Klein and Elizabeth A. Berney, Esq. NEW YORK –Radical Muslims are currently the major perpetrators of verbal and physical attacks on Jews throughout the world. For instance, a prominent survey concluded: “Perpetrators of the most extreme cases of violence against European Jews in recent years were Muslims.” And on U.S. college campuses,
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