Around 30 people from the New York area attended the funeral of a woman they never met, after a rabbi’s daughter posted of her plight on Facebook. Francis Stein, 83, was buried on Wednesdsay in the Jewish cemetery in the town of Bluwalt, in Rockland County. Ora Weinbach, a high school teacher in New Jersey, […]
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Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, USATexas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, son of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, has made a three-day visit to Israel, his first overseas trip since taking elected office last year, The Associated Press reported Monday. According to the report, Bush met last week with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. His spokesman, J.R. Hernandez, told the
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Middle East, USACHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 23, 2016 – If Hillary Clinton is elected president in November, Huma Abedin is a name long remembered. If Clinton loses, it’s a name that will be forever washed away by the tsunami of history much like those of Dan Quayle and Michael Dukakis. Abedin is Clinton’s longest serving aide. Clinton once
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International, USAPresidential candidates facing defeat often try to change their image. Vice President Hubert Humphrey broke with President Lyndon Johnson and called for halting U.S. bombing in Vietnam. Moderate centrist Al Gore sought to turn himself into a raging populist. President George H.W. Bush took to hurling verbal epithets at his rivals. And Bob Dole started
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USASorin Grama had a great idea. Like, a really terrific idea. It was so good, MIT awarded him one of its most prestigious entrepreneurship prizes: second place in the university’s annual 100K Entrepreneurship Competition. Grama’s team built a machine using old car parts that can heat water without electricity. Think of the possibilities in rural
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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAIn a major decision that opens the door for graduate students across the country to unionize, the National Labor Relations Board ruled Tuesday that grad students who work as teaching and research assistants are employees covered by federal labor laws. The 3-1 decision — which stems from a petition filed by a group of graduate
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON — Joining a host of lawmakers calling for an accounting, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether a drug company violated antitrust laws by steeply increasing the price of a product that treats people suffering from severe allergic reactions. After hearing from constituents, Klobuchar, whose daughter
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThis is the first major election year since the December 2014 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre—in which 20 first-graders and six educators were fatally shot—and while the subject of gun control has been widely discussed, little action has been taken at the federal level: After the June massacre at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida—the deadliest
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USAStanford University has banned hard alcohol from undergraduate parties and shots from graduate-student parties in an effort to limit the availability of distilled liquor as well as the violence, vandalism and other consequences that may come from binge drinking, schools officials announced this week. “The University does not tolerate reckless drinking — lawful or unlawful
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Tuesday that Donald Trump is right to call for a special prosecutor to investigate the Clinton Foundation, and said the foundation’s recent moves to possibly wind down contributions show Hillary Clinton’s conscience only kicks in when people start asking questions. “Donald Trump is right to call for a
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SAN FRANCISCO, California (Press Release) —The Helen Diller Family Foundation has awarded 14 young leaders from California and across the nation the 2016 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award in recognition of their exceptional leadership and commitment to tikkun olam, repairing the world. At a luncheon at San Francisco’s Four Seasons Hotel, each teen was awarded $36,000
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San Diego County, USABy Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi BETHESDA, Maryland — As someone with a disability myself, and who also knows what it means to parent a child with multiple disabilities, I’ve become an advocate for my children on so many fronts. Jewish education and involvement is no different. After all, when it comes to disability and inclusion issues, despite
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USASACRAMENTO, California (Press Release) – Human trafficking legislation by California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) that would create minimum penalties for those attempting to purchase sex was approved by the State Senate on Tuesday, Aug. 23, on a unanimous 35-0 vote. It will now return to the Assembly for final consideration. Under Assembly Bill 1708, California would, for the first