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I enter the coffee shop and scan the room looking for Ari. I finally spot him comfortable on a couch, heavily engaged in conversation with an older man who seems to be important to him. I cannot he...
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Oct 01, 2009 | 0 | 7 |
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WASHINGTON — William Safire, the Nixon speechwriter-turned-New York Times political columnist, usually sparred with Beltway power players. But in 2001 the wily wordsmith set his sights on one of th...
Oct 01, 2009 | 0 | 14 |
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On Tuesday, the day after Yom Kippur, area Jews sat in the University Club in Oakland, eating raspberry sorbet and watching Ed Galloway resurrect old neighbors from the dead.
With his actions proj...
Oct 01, 2009 | 0 | 14 |
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The G-20 Summit came through Pittsburgh last week, drawing involvement from local and national Jewish groups on several issues, and leaving the local Jewish community unharmed.
And while the summit...
Sep 24, 2009 | 0 | 11 |
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NEW YORK — So far, the U.N. fact-finding mission into last January’s war in Gaza has spawned a 574-page report faulting Israel for war crimes, op-eds calling on foreign governments to hold Israel a...
Sep 24, 2009 | 0 | 12 |
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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration will not allow the Goldstone report recommendations on Israel's conduct in the Gaza war to reach the International Criminal Court.
A top White House officia...
Sep 23, 2009 | 0 | 9 |
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Forget the G-20 – you won’t even get close. Check out the A-6 instead.
Pittsburgh Allderdice, formerly known as Taylor Allderdice, will induct six honorees in its inaugural Hall of Fame ceremonies,...
Sep 23, 2009 | 0 | 10 |
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Viewing the photographs of Julius Shulman calls to mind the term Martin Buber coined for the early tales of the Chasidic movement: “legendary reality.”
Buber called these magical stories “legendary...
Sep 23, 2009 | 0 | 14 |
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As the Jewish attorney stood in the courtroom arguing his case, he noted the time on his watch — 4 p.m.
He had informed the judge that morning that he needed to be excused no later than 4 p.m. so h...
Sep 23, 2009 | 0 | 10 |
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A well-written novel, “Heroic Measures,” by Jill Ciment, effectively combines three plot elements: a real estate transaction, a sick dog and terrorism in New York.
Alex and Ruth Cohen met while the...
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Gertrude Berg is one of the few Jews who succeeded in the entertainment industry by playing up her Jewishness.
Born Tilly Edelstein on the Lower East Side in 1898, she changed her name to Gertrude ...
