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State Department: No US-Saudi Defense Pact Without Israel Normalization
Matthew Miller, the U.S. State Department spokesman, moderates a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, on June 19, 2023, with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to his left(n.
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Biden on Campus Protests: ‘Dissent Must Never Lead to Disorder,’ But Don’t Call Federal Troops
“Dissent must never lead to disorder, or to denying the rights of others so students can finish the semester and their college education,” Biden said Thursday in the four-minute speech. “It’s ...
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Elon Musk Says He’ll Reinstate Antisemite Nick Fuentes to X: ‘It Is Better to Have Anti Whatever Out in the Open’
Elon Musk says he will restore the X account of Nick Fuentes, the Holocaust denier and antisemite who has said “perfidious Jews” should be executed. “Very well, he will be reinstated, provided he does ...
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More than 25% of Arrested Columbia Protesters Not Connected to University, Police Say
More than a quarter of the people arrested when police cleared pro-Palestinian protesters out of an occupied building at Columbia University on Tuesday night were not affiliated with the school, the ...
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Sharp-Dressed Rob Costin Loves Standing Out in a Crowd
Rob Costin didn’t set out in life to be Waldo, the guy who stands out in a crowd. It wasn’t in his game plan to be Norm from “Cheers,” whom they immediately recognize and congregate around when he ...
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Busier Than Ever, Larry Litwin Just Won’t Act His Age
Litwin’s had that effect on a lot of people over the years, especially in the Jewish community. The kid who became a bar mitzvah at Temple Beth El when it was in Camden later would drive 35 miles to ...
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Karl Middleman Returns ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ to the Limelight
“FiddlerS on the Roof,” a two-part program, will be presented on June 2 and 9 at 10 a.m. at Main Line Reform Temple, 410 E. Montgomery Ave. in Wynnewood. The presentations are free and open to the ...
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Brown University Board to Vote on Israel Divestment Following Agreement With Protesters
The Brown agreement earned praise from one campus stakeholder who staunchly opposes divestment — Rabbi Josh Bolton, director ...
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Biden to Deliver Speech at US Holocaust Museum Ceremony on Yom HaShoah
Officials at the White House and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday confirmed a report in Haaretz that Biden ...
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‘Cabaret’ and ‘Prayer for the French Republic’ Among the Tony Award Nominees This Year
At a time of rising antisemitism, two shows about Jews caught up in a dangerous climate of hate received multiple nominations ...
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The Little Shul Is Getting a Facelift
In the heart of South Philadelphia is a row home synagogue, the last such operating shul in that neighborhood. The Little ...
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From Jewish Educator to Pilot and Flight Instructor
Philadelphia resident Howard Cooper, 67, was on the ground, working hard in Jewish education in Boston and Connecticut, running Hebrew schools and Jewish camps. Then he got the itch to get in the air.