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Edward Cohen. Credit: Courtesy.

In memoriam: The man who fostered my love of Israel

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I’ve been writing this column for more than a decade, but this week will, sadly, be very different for a few dozen of my readers. I’m referring to a group of people—friends, family members, Israel...
A.B. Yehoshua autographs one of his novels at the International Writers Festival at Mishkenot Sha'ananim in Jerusalem in 2010. Credit: Moshe Milner/The Israel National Photo Collection.

Romance, intrigue, pragmatism, activism: For A.B. Yehoshua, Israel encompassed all

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When it comes to novelist A.B. Yehoshua, who died on June 14 at the age of 85, it’s difficult to separate his romances from his political activism. Despite his extreme views on Jewish identity, the...
Bob Saget (right) with his “Full House” co-stars John Stamos and Candace Cameron Bure at the Cool Comedy, Hot Cuisine 2019 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Californian on April 25, 2019. Credit: Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock.

Fellow comedians recall Bob Saget, quintessentially Jewish funnyman, who died at age 65

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Robert (“Bob”) Saget was best known as the understanding and loving father Danny Tanner in the ABC hit sitcom “Full House.” As a recently widowed father of DJ, Stephanie and Michelle (Candice Cameron Bure,...
Prince Philip and his sister, Princess Sophie, lay a wreath at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on Oct. 31, 1994. Credit: Beni Birk/The National Library of Israel.

Jewish community marks loss of Prince Philip, beginning with prayer

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As the United Kingdom honored Prince Philip, who died on April 9 at the age 99, with a gun salute, flags at half-staff and the many who paid tribute outside of Buckingham Palace, Sabbath...
A partial view of the names of Jewish lives lost so far to the coronavirus pandemic. Source: Screenshot.

Remembering the Jewish lives lost to COVID-19

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Reality dawned slowly, painfully. In mid-March, it suddenly became clear that the novel coronavirus that first ravaged China, and then parts of Europe, was becoming a global pandemic. Five months later, the death toll...
Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz. Credit: Courtesy of the Steinsaltz Center.

One of Judaism’s great commentators, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, dies at age 83

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Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, one of Judaism’s exceptional modern-day commentators, died in Jerusalem after suffering from acute pneumonia. He was 83 years old. Steinsaltz was born in Jerusalem on July 11, 1937. His scholarship was...
National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft at a meeting following the assassinations of Ambassador Francis E. Meloy Jr. and Economic Counselor Robert O. Waring in Beirut in 1976. Credit: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library via Wikimedia Commons.

Former two-time US national security advisor Brent Scowcroft dies at 95

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Former two-time U.S. National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft died of natural causes on Aug. 6, his 95th birthday, according to a statement from the Scowcroft Group. “Brent Scowcroft was an American patriot and public servant...
U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.). Credit: Flickr.

Jewish and Israel-related groups mourn the passing of 80-year-old Rep. John Lewis

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Israel-related and Jewish communities expressed their condolences over the passing of civil-rights icon and longtime congressional Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) on July 17 after a six-month battle with pancreatic cancer. “It is with inconsolable grief and enduring...