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'Deadly' Steps to the Final Solution

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Robert Leiter

When the Nazis instituted their euthanasia program in January 1940, they began by distributing a questionnaire to the directors of institutions where potential victims might be housed. One of the key questions, from a historian's perspective, focused on whether a particular mentally or physically disabled person was productive in any way. "These forms were sent to the directors by the...

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Looking for Seed-Stage High Tech in Israel, and Bringing It to Philly

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Justin Sacharoff Jewish Exponent Feature

Looking to Israel for talented start-up companies is hot right now in the business world. But Brian Rosenzweig and his partners at JANVEST Technologies, an angel investment fund based in Philadelphia and Tel Aviv, don't believe that the 64-year-old nation has been fully mined for its potential. Rosenzweig, managing partner and vice president of investor development for JANVEST, and his...

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Unintended but Historic Consequences of Israel’s Six-Day War

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Abraham Rabinovich |JTA

Had Israel had its way when the Six-Day War broke out 45 years ago, on June 5, 1967, there would have been no war with Jordan, Jeru-salem might still be a divided city and the West Bank still under Arab sovereignty.

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Local Rabbis Meet With Obama

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Bryan Schwartzman

Three local rabbis were among 20 leaders of the Conservative movement who held an informal White House meeting May 29 with President Barack Obama. Rabbis Andrea Merow of Beth Sholom Congregation in Elkins Park, Eric Yanoff of Adath Israel in Merion Station and David Ackerman of Beth Am Israel in Penn Valley were among the group that included Arnold Eisen,...

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Jews by Choice and Shavuot

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Bryan Schwartzman

Shavuot, or "the festival of weeks," is Erin Souza's favorite holiday, epitomizing for her Judaism's focus on study and intellectual examination. There's another reason the 24-year-old Souza is partial to the holiday, which begins Saturday night: She is a Jew by choice. Shavuot is the festival most closely associated with converts to the faith because the Book of Ruth is...