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January 22, 2021, 9:33 am
Jewish Harvard Medical School professor dies climbing in Pakistan’s mountains
Campaign launched to fund return of Alex Goldfarb’s body after he died while apparently attempting to scale Broad Peak on his own and without supplemental oxygen
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PHILISSA CRAMER
January 16, 2021, 3:26 am
‘Something holy about this space’: The rabbi on guard at the US Capitol
National Guard chaplain Jordan Hersh, stationed in Washington since the pro-Trump riot, says protecting Congress is ‘like a spiritual experience’ for himself and his unit
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PHILISSA CRAMER
January 8, 2021, 1:42 am
Jon Ossoff: Everything you need to know about the new Jewish Democratic senator
One of the first Members of the Tribe to be elected to the position by a Southern state, the newest legislator from Georgia had a bar mitzvah and is married to a doctor
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PHILISSA CRAMER
January 6, 2021, 11:21 am
Vaccination nation: 5 factors in Israel’s world-leading COVID inoculation drive
How the Jewish state catapulted itself to leading the world in mass inoculation of its population, and what side issues come along for the ride
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PHILISSA CRAMER
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Ben Sales
December 27, 2020, 1:51 pm
Republican official believes he caught virus at White House Hanukkah party
Tom Mountain, from party’s Massachusetts branch, has been hospitalized twice; says he tested positive 2 days after event; wife, son, daughter-in-law, mother-in-law also infected
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PHILISSA CRAMER
December 11, 2020, 11:33 am
A game for the times: Virtual Dreidel lets you spin with distant friends
Rabbi Shayna Golkow and LA Dodgers analyst Ben Zauzmer come up with online platform to let pandemic-era players face off in the traditional Hanukkah game from anywhere in the world
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PHILISSA CRAMER
December 10, 2020, 7:50 pm
Woman recalls Clinton saving her locks from Hanukkah candles
In interview with Slate, now-33-year-old Ilana Kattan talks of impact 1993 incident had on her 6-year-old self — when she got a little to close to Oval Office menorah
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PHILISSA CRAMER
November 23, 2020, 7:54 am
Quebec eases virus rules for Christmas gatherings, but not Hanukkah
Canadian Jewish groups cry foul, say pandemic policy must also apply to Jewish communities during their upcoming holiday
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PHILISSA CRAMER
November 22, 2020, 10:05 pm
Satmar Hasidim hid massive Brooklyn wedding from public view – report
Ceremony for grandson of Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum attended by thousands, arranged to avoid detection by secular authorities, according to New York Post
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PHILISSA CRAMER
November 9, 2020, 12:49 am
7 especially Jewish ‘Jeopardy!’ moments from Alex Trebek’s 36 years as host
Beloved host of ‘Jeopardy!’ died of pancreatic cancer Sunday at 80; in 36 years as host of immensely popular game show, he encountered his share of Jewish moments
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PHILISSA CRAMER
November 6, 2020, 5:28 pm
‘We believe we will win,’ says Al Gross in Alaska, lagging in Senate bid
With only about half the votes counted, Democrat believes he can make up ground as mail-in votes are counted
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PHILISSA CRAMER
November 5, 2020, 1:21 am
Elaine Luria, Elissa Slotkin prevail in competitive races to remain in Congress
Two Jewish moderate Democrats narrowly held onto their congressional seats in Virginia and Michigan
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PHILISSA CRAMER
November 1, 2020, 5:51 pm
High school reporters reveal Hitler quoted in Kentucky police training materials
State says presentation hasn’t been used since 2013; lawmaker says findings reflect a ‘poisonous culture that has gotten too many innocent people harassed and killed’
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PHILISSA CRAMER
October 30, 2020, 6:03 am
Stephen Miller reportedly nods to QAnon, prepares further immigration curbs
Trump adviser said readying orders to slash refugee entries to zero in possible 2nd term; baselessly claims Biden will stoke child trafficking, echoing conspiracy theory
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Ben Sales
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PHILISSA CRAMER
October 29, 2020, 5:23 pm
Pair of 18th-century Torah shields expected to fetch $1m each at auction
Decorative pieces, made of silver and attributed to artisan Elimelekh Tzoref of Stanislav, are among 68-item trove from the Sassoon family to be sold by Sotheby’s
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PHILISSA CRAMER
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