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The enduring spirit of the Sotloffs
Danielle Berrin
January 11, 2017
The first time Shirley and Art Sotloff played for me the recording in which their son, my childhood friend Steven, pleaded with them to try to save him from execution by ISIS, his mother uttered words I will never forget.
Israeli soldier guilty of manslaughter in shooting Palestinian attacker
Jewish Journal
January 4, 2017
An Israeli military court convicted Sgt. Elor Azaria, a 19-year-old Israeli soldier of manslaughter after he shot dead a seriously wounded Palestinian attacker in the West Bank city of Hebron ten months ago.
A guide for the perplexed California voter: State propositions and county measures
Eitan Arom
November 3, 2016
Because of our holy books, Jews are used to navigating long, complicated legalistic texts. But nothing could have prepared us for the 224-page voter guide that arrived in the mail this election cycle, asking Californians to weigh sometimes sweeping and often obscure changes to its legal code.
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