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November 4, 2015
Calendar: November 6-12, 2015
Singing in six languages, Lenka Lichtenberg with her band, Fray, moves from expressions of traditional Eastern European and Middle Eastern music to her own contemporary compositions, which combine her European and Jewish roots with North American jazz, Brazilian samba, Indian classical and more.
U.S. officials: Israel wants up to $5 billion in annual military aid
Israel has made an initial request for its annual U.S. defense aid to increase to as much as $5 billion when its current aid package, worth an average $3 billion a year, expires in 2017, U.S. congressional sources said on Wednesday.
NYT ad highlights Rabin’s quest for peace
The S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, launched a new campaign in support of the two-state solution with an ad in The New York Times and other targeted outlets.
Bernie Sanders unveils climate change bill
Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders on Wednesday unveiled a climate-change bill that would crack down on fossil fuel extraction, a move sure to please activists who want party front-runner Hillary Clinton to make the same commitment.
Torah portion: Love and loss — two ways about it
Last week, I had a root canal. It turns out that I had a crown that had never been permanently cemented — I only received temporary cement that eventually washed away, allowing bacteria to move in.
Obituaries: Week of November 6, 2015
Clara Abrahamson died Sept. 22 at 95. Survived by daughter Sondra Rae Schwartz; son Morris Harry Halperin; 3 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Groman Eden
Thomas Blatt, Sobibor escapee and author, 88
Thomas Blatt, one of the few Jews to escape the Nazis’ Sobibor death camp and a key witness against camp guard John Demjanjuk, has died.
Hedy Patricia Flesh, Holocaust survivor and businesswoman, 94
Hedy Patricia Flesh of Los Angeles passed away Sept. 18 at 94.
San Diego police surround ‘contained’ gunman, flights affected
San Diego police SWAT team members surrounded an apartment on Wednesday where they said a man armed with a high-powered rifle was \”contained\” after shooting at officers responding to a domestic incident, police and local media said.
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