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BOSTON (JTA) – Six weeks after a fire shuttered Boston’s main kosher supermarket, The Butcherie is now operating on a limited basis from a nearby Brookline location.
Selectmen in …
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9/1/16
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Ben Sales
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1/20/17
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(JTA) – Anti-Semitic incidents accounted for 22% of hate crimes recorded last year in the pan-European region, though Jews comprise less than 1% of the population there.The data on hate crimes …
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CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
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12/3/20
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(JTA) – Walter Mondale, the former vice president who represented a time in American history when being pro-Israel and progressive were often synonymous …
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RON KAMPEAS
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4/21/21
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What can be accomplished during a day-and-a-half trip to our nation’s capital? On April 30 and May 1, a delegation of Rhode Islanders, as part of the Community Relations Council Washington D.C. Mission, will find out.
Upon arriving in …
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4/10/14
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BOSTON (JTA) – A new study, touted as the first-ever state-by-state, county-by-county Jewish population estimate, shows how the Jewish vote could play a crucial role in …
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PENNY SCHWARTZ
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10/13/16
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JTA — A new United Kingdom government report showed significant progress being made in combating anti-Semitism.
The “Government Action on Anti-Semitism” report, published Dec. 29 by the Department for Communities and Local Government, …
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1/2/15
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WASHINGTON (JTA) – From 31 in 2009 to a likely 19 in January, the unofficial Jewish caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives is shrinking fast.
Jewish lawmakers have traditionally been the first stop for Jewish lobbyists seeking inroads for …
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Ron Kampeas
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9/11/14
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JTA – A Facebook vice president and a human rights advocate who survived the Rwandan genocide are among five people appointed to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council.
Elliot Schrage, the …
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10/13/16
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PITTSBURGH (JTA) – I have been the rabbi of the New Light Congregation in Pittsburgh for nine years. This year, at Kol Nidre services on Yom Kippur, I preached about calm.
Our congregation …
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RABBI JONATHAN PERLMAN
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10/27/19
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