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March 16, 2016
Bar mitzvah invitation comes with an added dimension
As they began organizing the bar mitzvah of their oldest son, Josh and Kareen Rubel knew they wanted to “do something creative.”
The Abba Eban exchange, part 2: Why were there no peace plans after 1967?
Obama nominates Jewish judge, Merrick Garland, to Supreme Court
President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee is a Jewish judge, Merrick Garland, who is currently the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
Trump names himself as foreign policy advisor
After refusing to reveal the names he is consulting with on foreign affairs, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he considers himself as his campaign’s foreign policy advisor.
Philip Roth’s warning
Slightly more than a decade ago, Philip Roth warned how fascism would come to America – legally, of course, since we’re a nation of laws, and attached to a hero, a legend, a star: the aviator ex machina himself, Charles Lindbergh, since Roth was writing about the U.S. in the late 30’s and early 40s, the years when Lucky Lindy’s popularity peaked.
Obituaries: Week of March 18, 2016
Charlotte Alber died Feb. 7 at 101. Survived by son Irwin (Lana); 3 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; sister Dorothy Decker; 1 niece. Mount Sinai\n
Letters to the editor: Donald Trump, Women of the Wall and more
Shmuel Rosner, who I greatly admire, apparently tried to excuse Israeli support for Donald Trump by writing that “Israel tilts rightward when it considers American politics” (“Like It or Not, Israelis Think Trump is Better for Them Than Clinton,” March 7.)
Star sidekick Gina Grad on bringing Jewish flavor to radio and podcast
Radio personality Gina Grad knows how to take a joke or two or three about her own people.
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