Bryan Schwartzman

Staff Writer

Shoah Project Arrives at Penn

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The University of Pennsylvania is launching a new digital partnership with the USC Shoah Foundation Institute that makes available on Penn's campus all of the video testimonies of Holocaust survivors and other witnesses collected by the foundation. Penn is currently the only site in the state where individuals have access to the 52,000 video testimonies that have been recorded in...

Election 2012

Pundit: Unpredictability Could Affect Election

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Bryan Schwartzman

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Jewish Exponent Staff

The Iranian nuclear threat is not just a Jewish issue but could be a major factor -- and an unpredictable one -- for the general electorate in this year's presidential contest, according to William Kristol, a leading Jewish conservative intellectual. "I won't be surprised to see Israeli action against Iran this summer, and that is a total wild card," Kristol,...

Israel

Israel and U.S. as Close as Ever, Insists U.S. Rep.

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Bryan Schwartzman

The Israelis and Americans seem to be on different pages regarding the timing of a potential Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, but U.S. Rep. Deborah Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, said the debate has in no way detracted from the close relationship between Jerusalem and Washington. Wasserman Schultz, perhaps Obama's chief surrogate in the Jewish...

Election 2012

Now That It's Romney ...

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Bryan Schwartzman

On a day last week when both former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum brought their presidential campaigns to the Keystone State, one might have expected activists at a Philadelphia gathering of the Republican Jewish Coalition to have a serious case of primary fever. But even before Santorum dropped out of the race this week, the...

Local

Barrack Academy Gets a New Head

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Bryan Schwartzman

When Steven M. Brown stepped down almost a year ago as head of school at the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, faculty member Sharon Levin was tapped to fill that role on an interim basis while the board conducted a search for a new leader. But on April 3, the board unanimously appointed Levin as the pluralistic day school's official...

Profile

Bryan Schwartzman has been reporting on the Jewish community of Philadelphia since 2003. He writes about trends in politics, religion and spirituality, philanthropy and sometimes dabbles in sports and the arts.

He has received numerous awards from the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Journalists, the Jewish American Press Association and other organizations.

A native New Yorker, he earned a master’s degree in modern Jewish history and literature from the Jewish Theological Seminary. He is also a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Contact

215-832-0743

bschwartzman@jewishexponent.com

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