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They lived just a few blocks from each other, at the same time, said author Lorenz J. Finison, who has written two books about Bostons cycling history. The fascinating stories of how these two female cyclists overcame discrimination and challenged the status quo are highlighted in a new exhibit called Cycling Legends of the West End, which runs through May 30 at the West End Museum
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admin | February 21, 2020
New Life in the Dead of Winter One of the first things that my husband and I did when we bought our home in Israel was plant fruit trees in our new garden. What a blessing it was! Trees in Israel are different from those anywhere else in the world. They are subject to biblical laws, such as God's directive to wait three years before eating the fruit of a new tree (Leviticus 19:23), and not to work the land or prune trees during the Sabbatical year (Leviticus 25:1-7)
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admin | February 21, 2020
In 1982, Tennessean reporters led efforts to posthumously exonerate Leo Frank, who was wrongfully convicted of killing Mary Phagan in 1913 in Atlanta.
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Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month is a unified effort among Jewish organizations worldwide to raise awareness and foster inclusion of people with disabilities. Many communities offer various programs for those with disabilities, and Northeast Ohio is no exception
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admin | February 21, 2020
A Farmington Hills man has pleaded guilty to making a false police report, in which he lied about being stabbed by an assailant making anti-Semitic remarks.
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admin | February 21, 2020
NEW YORK (JTA) Two years ago, Fred Guttenbergs daughter Jaime headed to school as usual. She never came back. Jaime, a bright-eyed 14-year-old who loved dance and wanted to be a pediatric physical therapist, was one of the 17 people killed in the mass shooting at the Marjory Douglas Stoneman High School in Parkland, Florida, on Feb.
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admin | February 21, 2020
There is a thriving Jewish community in DeLand, Florida and it's growing by leaps and bounds.
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admin | February 21, 2020
We must all take a stand against anti-Semitism.
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admin | February 21, 2020
Following the 2018Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, Israeli TV satirist Lior Schleien had to put on a comedy show. He acknowledged that there was nothing funny about the shooting, in which a gunman killed 11 Jews at prayer at a Conservative synagogue in the most deadly attack ever on an American Jewish institution. But what was funny to Schleien?
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admin | February 21, 2020
The Israeli public, after going to two rounds of elections, is tired and is of the opinion that it told the various political actors what it wants and now it is their job to hammer out a working government, Kan 11 poll expert Dudi Hassid told The Marker on Friday. I have not seen one serious poll in which all parties stick to their promises, he said, and a government is created. The meaning of these decisions, if kept, is that voting results will be the same and the current situation will continue leading the nation to a fourth election round, he said
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