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The Genesis Prize Foundation announced Wednesday that US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would receive the foundation’s first ever Lifetime Achievement Award. The Genesis Prize, which was called the ‘Jewish Nobel’ by Time Magazine, recognizes Jewish people who have attained recognition and excellence in their fields. The foundation said that the five previous recipients

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — The Jewish vote no doubt contributed to the Democratic sweeps in the series of election upsets last week. Sizeable Jewish populations were either long established or steadily evolved in many of the states and towns where Democrats flipped not only statewide offices but also local posts. Both Nassau and

By Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — I always used to associate the number ‘13’ with the bat mitzvah ceremony of my elder daughter Sari.  I of course relived the joy three years later when my younger daughter Debra also handled the life-event with the effervescence and gifts they both manifest. Both my daughters love

A 20-year-old undocumented immigrant with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status and only one leg has been detained by federal immigration agents and held without charges for over a month, treated inhumanely and mocked for his prosthetic leg, an immigrant advocacy group says. Felipe Abonza-Lopez of San Marcos, Texas–detained by Customs and Border Protection agents