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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

The Trump administration is hiring a small army of attorneys to fight landowners so the government can seize the property needed to build the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border that President Donald Trump promised his supporters. It is not clear how many Americans will have their land seized, how long the process will take, or

Wilmot Collins thought he was running for mayor of a small city with challenges he had a plan to address. What he didn’t realize is that by actually winning the election he would also become an overnight symbol of what refugees can achieve in America. Collins, who arrived in the US with his wife as

Ashley Judd Appointed As The UN Population Fund’s (UNFPA) Goodwill Ambassador There was a time when people believed most celebrities lived perfect lives. But if 2017 has taught us anything, it’s that some of the most beautiful people in the world have the saddest of skeletons in their closets. And many are not remaining silent

This story is being co-published with MapLight. Republican state law enforcement chiefs dined with their top donors at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort last weekend, according to an agenda obtained by MapLight through a public records request. An agenda for the Republican Attorneys General Association’s fall meeting in Palm Beach, Fla., lists a dinner on