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Synagogue, Developer At Odds Over Casino

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A New President, Plan for Gratz College

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Bryan Schwartzman

Following the notion that a non-profit institution needs to be run with a business sensibility, the board of Gratz College has tapped a longtime Jewish communal fundraiser to be its next president. Joy Goldstein on June 21 was officially named the 116-year-old institution's first female president and the 10th in its history. The selection of Goldstein, who had been serving...

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Would Youkilis Play on Yom Kippur?

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Jon Marks

Kevin Youkilis says he truly doesn't know what he'd do if faced with the same dilemma as Hank Greenberg, Sandy Koufax and Shawn Green. What if the Boston Red Sox are scheduled for a post-season game on Yom Kippur, which begins Friday night, Oct. 7. Both Greenberg, the Hall of Fame first baseman for the Detroit Tigers in 1934, and...

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Website Helps Kids With Special Needs

Rabbi Margot Stein of Bala Cynwyd has, for the past five years, specialized in Bar and Bat Mitzvah tutoring for children with special needs. Until now, she's done this mostly through word-of-mouth, but now she has launched a new website, www.booktobimah.com , and named her business On Eagle's Wings. The name is a reference to a quote from the book...

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A Jewish Heroine Honored at Baldwin

The Baldwin School has named one of its three libraries after Holocaust victim Anne Frank in honor of a $1 million anonymous donation. "Anne Frank is remembered for her courage, spirit and strength of character; attributes that we value highly within our community and encourage within our own 'thinking girls,' " head of school Sally Powell said in a statement,...

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Cleaning Up the Navy Yard

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Bryan Schwartzman

Once upon a time a three-story home in Philadelphia's Navy Yard -- with views of the Delaware River and a few decommissioned naval vessels -- was home to officers in the United States Marine Corps. Now, that same house, with its spacious rooms of hardwood floors, sits largely empty -- save for one room filled with computers, a couple of...