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The Times of Israel

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Writer: Suzanne Pollak

May 24, 2013
6:26 am

New York businessman Jacob Ostreicher, right, consults with attorney Abel Montano at a courthouse in Bolivia, where he's being held without charges. (photo credit: AP)

Jacob Ostreicher’s wife laments: ‘They will never let him go’

At a congressional hearing, actor Sean Penn calls for the US to ‘step up’ for Alan Gross in Cuba as well

By Suzanne Pollak

October 19, 2012
4:07 pm

Shelley Adler and her Republican opponent both tout their staunch support of Israel. (Photo credit: Shelley Adler for Congress via JTA)

Congressional race pits Jewish widow against former football star

Democrat Shelley Adler faces tough fight to reclaim her late husband’s New Jersey district

By Suzanne Pollak

August 5, 2012
1:22 pm

State Treasurer Josh Mandel, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Ohio, is shown during his service as a Marine in Iraq. (photo credit: Citizens for Josh Mandel/JTA)

In Ohio, Brown-Mandel US Senate race is among the most expensive

Mandel, the young Jewish Republican Iraqi war vet, has never served in federal office, but deep pockets and an appealing image are putting him within striking distance, say Democrats

By Suzanne Pollak

July 24, 2012
6:14 am

Portrait of Yitzhak Rabin. Had Rabin not been assassinated in November 1995, says Yossi Beilin, 'We would now have peace.' (photo credit: Flash90)

On Capitol Hill, a look back at Oslo and forward on peace process

Washington panel brings together Israeli thinkers from all political streams to reflect on two decades since the accords

By Suzanne Pollak