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February 6, 2015
The post-war West Germans’ post-Holocaust distortions
Historians understand that language is not a benign force. It has tremendous power to radically alter our perception of the “truth.”
Hands-free Sesame smartphone opening worlds for physically disabled
Giora Livne just wanted to buy flowers for his wife. But for the 65-year-old quadriplegic, who lost all but the smallest movements in his neck in an accident nine years ago, that small act of spousal romance was out of reach.
Making Room on the Bench for students with disabilities
Standing in the back of an open elementary school classroom at the Luria Academy, a Jewish Montessori school in Brooklyn, Dana Keil asks in a whisper if a visitor can tell which children in the room have special needs.
Longtime Israel advocate Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi shifts focus to disabilities
During this year’s State of the Union address, Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi was in a place familiar to her from her years as a leading pro-Israel fundraiser and activist: Tracking the speech for her favored topic.
U.N. ex-envoy: Months left to avoid a one-state reality
Robert Serry, the United Nation’s outgoing special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, said Israel and the Palestinian territories have months to avoid a one-state reality.
Nancy Pelosi greets Yuli Edelstein, recalls when she protested on his behalf
Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker, and Yuli Edelstein, the current Knesset speaker, have a shared past, and not just because they’ve both wielded gavels.
Jewish-sponsored youth village in Rwanda hosts first utility-scale solar power field
The first utility-scale solar power field in East Africa, built on land belonging to a Jewish-sponsored youth village in Rwanda, was launched.
Is today’s Islamist terrorism somehow a delayed form of ‘payback’ for the Crusades?
At a National Prayer Breakfast in Washington attended by the Dalai Lama, President Obama decried Isis’ “death cult” and “hijacking” of Islam, and promised “to push back against those” who would distort “religion for their nihilistic end.”
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