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July 9, 2014

Israel pursues punishing Gaza offensive for a third day

Israel pressed on with a punishing aerial offensive in Gaza for a third day on Thursday, killing eight members of a family including five children in a predawn strike, Palestinian officials said, while militants fired rockets at Israeli cities.

Calendar July 12-18

Nevermind 20-somethings moving back in with their parents — let’s talk about parents moving in with their married daughter.

Paul Mazursky, filmmaker, 84

Filmmaker Paul Mazursky, 84, whose perceptive social satires explored the nascent sexual revolution of the 1960s and ’70s and created complex Jewish characters, died June 30 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of pulmonary cardiac arrest.

Obituaries

Raymond Alpert died June 11 at 87. Survived by wife Barbara; daughters Nancy, Teri (Phil Waldman); son Alan (Sophie); sister Janet (Jake) Farber; 7 grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Crumbs kosher cupcake empire crumbles

Crumbs, the popular New York-based cupcake chain with kosher certification, abruptly shuttered its stores across the United States.

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