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Alan D. Abbey
Alan D. Abbey
Attendees at a Koolulam event (Koolulam via Facebook/JTA)
April 13, 2018, 4:04 pm
A campfire with 12,000 of your closest friends
My wife and I stood at Koolulam's latest songfest and it felt like a modern-day prayer
By Alan D. Abbey
From left, Lords Edmund Allenby, Arthur Balfour and Sir Herbert Samuel, at Hebrew University in 1925. (Library of Congress)
November 1, 2017, 2:46 pm
Balfour Declaration: A century old and as disputed as ever
Researchers at the Shalom Hartman Institute dive into what the media is and isn't saying about the British letter’s meaning and impact upon its 100th anniversary
By Alan D. Abbey and Benjamin Emmerich
Bernie Sanders takes the oath of office as mayor in Burlington, Vermont, April 6, 1981. (AP Photo/Donna Light)
February 10, 2016, 3:20 pm
I watched Bernie Sanders work his magic 35 years ago. Nobody should underestimate him now
Alan Abbey, then a young reporter, recalls accompanying Sanders as he campaigned on the snow-covered streets of Burlington. When Bernie launched into his shpiel, almost everybody was won over
By Alan D. Abbey
June 27, 2012, 10:01 am
Gad Beck, 88, last known gay Jewish Holocaust survivor, dies
Was once quoted as saying 'God doesn’t punish for a life of love'
By Alan D. Abbey
March 12, 2012, 9:32 pm
Firesign Theatre founder Peter Bergman dies at 72
Created in 1966, Firesign became a cult obsession of the stoned set
By Alan D. Abbey
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