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Alan Rothenberg Brought the World Cup to America in 1994. Now He’s Bringing Soccer’s Jewish History to L.A.
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The man behind the 1994 FIFA World Cup is chairing The Beautiful Game: The Untold Story as the Holocaust Museum L.A.’s Goldrich Cultural Center prepares to open in mid-August.
More Than a Game: How the Equalizer Is Bridging Israel’s Divides One Child at a Time
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A Ka’ak By Any Other Name
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From Roadmap to Reality: UCLA Must Move Beyond Aspirational Commitments in Combating Antisemitism
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UCLA has an opportunity to become a national model for confronting antisemitism through principled leadership, transparent accountability, and meaningful action.
Emanuel Gives Israel Some Love Tough Rather Than Tough Love
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The Story That Never Goes Away
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Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of slain hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, can’t stop speaking about her pain and the public love her body cannot always receive. She talks to the Journal about her son’s legacy and her new book.
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Rosner’s Domain | A Dime-Store Abe: The Karhi Crisis
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This week’s “Constitutional Crisis” is typical of the way the government operates. It issues a statement, or a tweet and then walks it back. Oops, we did not mean it. Or rather, we did, but we also meant to deny that we did.