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April 9, 2012
Peres sends letter to Obama requesting Pollard clemency
Israeli President Shimon Peres sent a personal letter to President Obama requesting clemency for Jonathan Pollard.
Pro-Palestinian student group sends Jewish students fake eviction notices
More than 200 Jewish students at Florida Atlantic University\’s Boca Raton campus received fake eviction notices from a pro-Palestinian group.
Jewish man in Kiev attacked after seder
A Jewish man was attacked after he left a seder at a synagogue in Kiev.
Opinion: You don’t mean a thing if you ain’t got that swing
If you’re reading this, your vote for president won’t count. Don’t get me wrong. Everyone should vote; I think it should be compulsory, as it is in Australia, with fines for no-shows. Too much patriots’ blood has been spilled to protect our right to vote for America to be soft on civic deadbeats. Voting is the minimum price of admission to democracy.
Painting lives: Artist helps clients mark pivot points, from bar mitzvah dreams to a dying wish
Lori Loebelsohn enters other people’s lives at pivotal moments: a marriage, a milestone birthday, a bar mitzvah. Armed with a pen and a notebook, she discusses intimate details about the inner lives of those she has just met: their passions, their most significant memories, their dreams.
Mishap leaves Israeli brigade with seder meal of matzah and salami
Israeli soldiers in the Kfir Brigade ate salami and matzah for their seder meal after a base chef heated up the real seder food inappropriately, rendering it unkosher.
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