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At Peace
Earlier this week, Palestinian and Israeli leaders met in Washington to launch a new round of peace negotiations. Secretary of State John Kerry hosted an Iftar dinner for Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi...
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Obstacle Illusion
Adam Grossman says that when competing on “American Ninja Warrior,” participants have very little margin for error. (Provided) Adam Grossman knows what’s at stake. One slip, one lost grip, one poor...
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Model Student
Zach Ranen was one of five Maryland students chosen this summer for the Bank of America Student Leaders program. (Provided) Zach Ranen could be our first Jewish president. He’s that impressive. With...
View Article‘You Start To Give Up’
Despite the fact that 85 percent of the Israeli population, according to a poll published by The Jerusalem Post, was opposed to Israel agreeing to release 104 prisoners with blood on their hands, a...
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Kosher Slaughter Ban
Lawrence Grossman The Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament, has a Jewish problem. In a painful affront to the Jewish community, it recently defeated a government initiative to reinstate the...
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From Darkness To Light
In I Kings, Chapter 19, Elijah the Prophet pleads for God to take his life. Instead, the Lord responds by sending an angel, who instructs Elijah to undertake a 40-day journey before reassessing the...
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Polish Democracy May Make Missteps
Tad Taube For the past decade, the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life & Culture and I, as Poland’s honorary consul in the San Francisco Bay Area, have been involved directly in furthering the...
View ArticleROSEN
On August 1, 2013, ADELE (nee Katz); beloved wife of Philip Rosen; loving mother of Fran Rosen (Jarek) Bizberg and Wendy (Dan) Pinchas; devoted sister of the late Ellie Shupnick and Blanche Faer;...
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On August 4, 2013, RANDI (nee Brotman); cherished wife of the late Steven Yale Rosen; adored mother of Evan Weissman; also survived by many loving friends. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS., INC.,...
View ArticleSHUMAN
On August 3, 2013, LOUIS H., M.D.; beloved husband of the late Bernice Shuman (nee Weiner); loving father of Ronald Shuman, Nanci Shuman Wohl, Valerie (Neil) Axel and Margeaux (Alan) Frank; loving...
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HARRIS
On August 5, 2013, SARAH KAPPELMAN (nee Fox); beloved wife of the late S. Herbert “Bucky” Harris and LeRoy F. Kappelman; cherished mother of Marsha K. Kravetz, Vicki K. Kahn and Carol K. (Jerry)...
View ArticleHOCHWALD
On August 3, 2013, GERALD; husband of Thelma Hochwald (nee Greenberg); devoted father of Bari Hochwald, Peri Hochwald and Laurie (Jeffrey) Harris; dear brother of Janice (Joseph) Cane; loving...
View ArticleKAISER
On August 5, 2013, THEODORE HERBERT; beloved husband of Joan Kleiman Kaiser; devoted father of Susan Lynn Kaiser and Robert Mark Kaiser; also survived by other family and dear friends. Services at SOL...
View ArticleMILSTEIN
On August 5, 2013, BETTE (nee Goldberg); beloved wife of the late Morris L. Milstein; cherished mother of Melinda (Paul) McCafferty and Michael (Kathleen) Milstein; devoted grandmother of Tyler...
View ArticlePOLYAKOVA
On August 4, 2013, ROZA; beloved wife of the late Abram Vitenberg; cherished mother of the late Zina Shapiro; dear sister of the late Grigoriy Polyakov; loving grandmother of Lina (Henry) Shimberg and...
View Article4 IDF SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN NORTH ISRAEL
An IDF Spokesperson announced that four IDF soldiers were wounded last night by an explosion during operational activity in the north. They were lightly to moderately wounded, and were evacuated to an...
View ArticleOverridden
I found your apologetic Helen Thomas editorial (“The Power of Words,” July 26) to be off the mark. It is not just “others” who said her hostility to Israel and Jews was there all along. She said it....
View ArticleI Shudder To Think
The view that HIAS should simply fold up its tent because there are no more Jewish refugees to help represents parochialism at its worst (“HIAS In Search Of A Mission,” July 26). I am the son of Jewish...
View ArticleWorking For The Greater Good
The editorial, “HIAS In Search Of A Mission” (July 26), touched a raw nerve. I was born in Germany and came to Baltimore as a 6-year-old with my parents and two older siblings. We were refugees from...
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