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May 29, 2015

Crowds gather for anti-Islam demonstration outside Phoenix mosque

More than 200 protesters, some armed, berated Islam and its Prophet Mohammed outside an Arizona mosque on Friday in a provocative protest that was denounced by counterprotesters shouting \”Go home, Nazis,\” weeks after an anti-Muslim event in Texas came under attack by two gunmen.

Moving and Shaking: Harriet Rossetto, AJWS, TCRF and Israel Advocacy

Harriet Rossetto, the founder and executive vice president of Beit T’Shuvah, a residential treatment center and educational institution in Culver City, has been named a 2015 Advocate for Action by the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).

Israeli shoes (re-)teach the brain how to walk

Picture the last time you went for a walk: You may have negotiated uneven pavement, or stepped from grass onto a dirt trail, adjusting to the differences in terrain without much thought.

President Bernie Sanders

Just because he looks like Larry David’s angry uncle, and just because he is the only Democratic socialist in the United States Senate, and just because he represents a heavily forested state best known for a breakfast condiment, doesn’t mean you should dismiss Bernie Sanders.

Family legacy continues at Yeshiva, times five: A story of Modern Orthodoxy in America

Two columns of Yeshiva University graduates — one of young women, in blow-outs and stilettos; and one of young men, the knots of their skinny ties peeking out above their robes — filed into Prudential Center, home arena of the New Jersey Devils, on May 17. They whooped and hooted, smiled in mock surprise, waved to their parents in the stands, pumped fists, blew kisses.

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