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Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org – Dr. Eli Harari, the Israeli founder of the SanDisk flash storage company, has been named as one of the nine 2014 recipients of the U.S. National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
Harari will receive the …
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10/23/14
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JTA – With midterm elections just around the corner, four races for the House of Representatives in particular are catching our Jewish eyes.
In California, succeeding Waxman: Ted Lieu vs. Elan Carr
California’s 33rd …
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Ron Kampeas and Anthony Weiss
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10/23/14
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(JTA) – For the first time in four decades, Miami Jewry is growing.
That’s the official finding of the new Miami Jewish population study released Monday by the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.
The Jewish population of Miami-Dade County …
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Uriel Heilman
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10/23/14
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WASHINGTON (JTA) – Two Jewish groups joined a brief on behalf of a Muslim woman whose right to wear a headscarf in a retail job is under consideration by the Supreme Court.
The court on Oct. 2 agreed to hear the case, Politico reported. …
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10/20/14
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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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JNS.ORG – The hottest month of summer was ice cold, as thousands of people poured buckets of ice water over their heads to raise awareness about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and money for researching the fatal neurological disease. In just …
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MAAYAN JAFFE
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9/11/14
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LOS ANGELES (JTA) – When Rep. Henry Waxman, who will turn 75 in September, retires at the end of this year after 46 years in elected office, it will mark more than just the end of a storied career as one of the most prolific …
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Anthony Weiss
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9/11/14
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NEW YORK (JTA) – When it comes to Hasidic characters in movies, film consultant Elli Meyer believes that the real deal trumps a random actor in costume.
But that approach isn’t without its challenges.
Meyer, a New York-based Lubavitcher …
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MIRIAM MOSTER
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9/11/14
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WASHINGTON (JTA) – President Obama signed into law a measure that makes the desecration of cemeteries around the world a violation of religious freedom.
Obama signed the the Protect Cemeteries Act amending the International Religious Freedom …
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8/19/14
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LOS ANGELES (JTA) – After weeks of missiles falling on Israel and bombs dropping on Gaza, we land on Tisha B’Av. With the day-to-day images of explosions and tunnels so fresh, I wondered how they might connect to my mid-summer night’s struggle …
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Edmon J. Rodman
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8/18/14
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