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Five times Nikki Haley delighted the pro-Israel community
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — When Nikki Haley said on Tuesday that she would be stepping down as U.N....
On Sunday, Rabbi Mendel Danow moved to Florida’s Panhandle. On Wednesday, Hurricane Michael hit.
By BEN SALES (JTA) — When he and his wife moved to Pensacola, Florida, on Sunday afternoon, Rabbi Mendel Danow...
John Moe: Talking about depression
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor Radio personality John Moe has experience with depression. As is often the case, there...
A year after the Mexico City earthquake, many Jewish organizations still don’t have a home
By ALAN GRABINSKY MEXICO CITY (JTA) — This capital city has yet to recover from last September's earthquake, which killed...
Why these Dutch Christians are celebrating Sukkot
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ HENDRIK-IDO-AMBACHT, Netherlands (JTA) — From its exterior, the massive building known as The Ark in this Dutch...
About People: In the Sept. 21 Jewish World
In this week's edition of the AJW, "About People" has the boldface names: Halie Soifer, Beth Kieffer Leonard, Dean Phillips,...
Herb Fantle: A good life in America
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Not many members of Minnesota’s Jewish community saw Adolf Hitler speak. In 2012, Herb Fantle, who survived...
Rahm Emanuel will leave a city — and Jewish community — divided about his legacy as mayor
By BEN SALES (JTA) — As Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel prepares to exit City Hall after eight years in office,...
Lawrence Bacow, Harvard’s Jewish president, wants to restore faith in higher education
By Penny Schwartz CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (JTA) — Harvard University Jewish students take note: You may want to be on your...
A 1939 phone book could be the key to unlocking millions in Polish Holocaust restitution payments
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ WARSAW (JTA) — In the small park behind the only synagogue in this city to have survived...
