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Adventures of an Orthodox Jewish bond trader

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AT SEA, Aboard MS Maasdam – One of the unscheduled benefits of a cruise, particularly a long one such as the 39-day voyage that Nancy and I enjoyed between Sydney, Australia, and San Diego, U.S.A., is...
Medals and awards presented to Abraham J. Baum

Jews of the U.S. military honored at Veterans Museum

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SAN DIEGO – A famous U.S. Navy admiral, two U.S. Air Force officers, and a U.S. Army major currently are being saluted in a display sponsored by the Jewish War Veterans of San Diego...
Jewish Voice for Peace. Photo courtesy of NGO Monitor.

Jewish Voice for Peace anti-Israel narrative exposed in Canary Mission report

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Since 1996, Jewish Voice for Peace has been a prominent anti-Israel group nationwide, especially on college campuses, advocating for the BDS movement and collaborating with similar groups such as IfNotNow, according to a new report from...
The smoke plume from the fast-moving Woolsey Fire encroaching on Malibu on November 9, 2018, as residents evacuate along the Pacific Coast Highway. Source: Cyclonebiskit, Wikimedia Commons

Rabbi grabs Torahs before California wildfires reach synagogue

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A rabbi from California risked his life to save the Torah scrolls in his synagogue in Thousand Oaks, snatching them before they were burned in two massive wildfires that have claimed more than 6,800...
On the morning of Nov. 8, 2018, the Camp Fire erupted 90 miles (140 kilometers) north of Sacramento, Calif. By evening, the fast-moving fire had charred around 18,000 acres and remained zero percent contained. Credit: NASA (Joshua Stevens) via Wikimedia Commons.

Devastated California Jewish communities fight fire with light

Voices filled with emotion, Chabad rabbis from across California made clear their determination to help people in need while dealing with the ongoing devastation that uncontrollable blazes have wrought on their hometowns. “Paradise is a part of...
Rabbi Michael Dov Weissmandl. Credit: Screenshot.

House to vote on awarding medal to late rabbi who saved Slovakian Jews during...

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The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on whether to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal—one of the nation’s highest civilian honors—to a rabbi who tried to save Slovakian Jews...
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s Active Jewish Teens (AJT) Conference took place in Kiev, Ukraine, from Nov. 8-11, 2018, and included young Jews from Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Israel and America. Credit: JDC.

Teen meeting of minds to build connections, serve Jewish communities in FSU

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For thousands of Jewish teens and young adult leaders in the former Soviet Union, building Jewish life, connecting with one another and serving their communities have become central tenants to their Jewish identity. That achievement—a...
Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Trump names Dr. Miriam Adelson a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient

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“I am deeply humbled and moved by this exceptional honor,” Dr. Miriam Adelson noted on Saturday after the White House announced that she would be receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom—America’s highest civilian honor. The...

Linda-Anne Kahn: Bringing Beauty through Health to Others

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Some people are just born with a smile on their face and a positive outlook on life. Linda-Anne Kahn is one of those people. From the time she was a young woman, she has...
Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Stan Lee, Marvel Comics’ Real-Life Superhero, Dies at 95

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Stan Lee, the legendary writer, editor and publisher of Marvel Comics whose fantabulous but flawed creations made him a real-life superhero to comic book lovers everywhere, has died. He was 95. Lee, who began in...