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Film Director Emily Harrold thanks the Robinson family May 8 at the 2013 Robinson International Short Film Competition. Harrold’s film “Reporting on the Times: The New York Times and the Holocaust” was given the Kesef Award. Five short films were shown at the gala, and three awards were given in honor of the memory of Sanford N. Robinson Sr. (Chronicle photo by Lindsay Dill)
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The passengers knew they were going to die. Rounded up by Nazis, they were on trains headed to the Treblinka death camp in Poland. So they took a desperate measure. They threw their young children...
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Jul 02, 2009 | 0 | 11 |
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It takes a very creative eye to look at a palm tree and decide it could use a pair of earrings.
Or that a necklace falling from the shoulders of a skyscraper would be just the thing.
But in artist ...
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Carly Small began playing tennis when she was 7 or 8 years old, and has since competed in tournaments across the United States.
But this week, she departs for the match of a lifetime.
Small will b...
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On July 12, over 100 women of all ages from across the spectrum of the Jewish community will gather at Charles M. Morris Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The opening event of the Kollel Jewish Le...
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This is a story about a circle becoming unbroken.
Last week, Gertie Brog finally got a pin from the National Honor Society. She earned it three-quarters of a century ago, in 1933, as a student in t...
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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- The Diaspora Museum in Tel Aviv will get a new infusion of cash and become the Museum of the Jewish People.
A $25 million project to renew the museum, now called Beth Hatefusoth...
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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- The number of Israeli millionaires has fallen by 28 percent, nearly twice the global total.
According to the Merrill Lynch World Wealth report released June 25, Israel now has 5...
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LONDON (JTA) -- A Jewish school in North London was found guilty of race discrimination.
The admissions policy of the Jewish Free School may have to change following the June 25 ruling by a London...
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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Permits have been granted to build 50 homes in a West Bank settlement to resettle families being evicted from an illegal outpost.
The Defense Ministry in May approved in princip...
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NEW YORK -- For Belle Faber, the sentencing of Bernard Madoff felt surreal.
Television coverage of Monday's event was being projected on a screen in the conference room of the American Jewish Cong...
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Earlier this month, WQED's “OnQ” news magazine program aired a weeklong, special series called "Age Well, Age Wise," which focused on area resources that help Pittsburgh seniors live longer, health...