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Synagogue, Developer At Odds Over Casino

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Shoah Salute: Personal Meaning for Comcast CEO

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Michael Elkin

Why is this interview different from others? Because Brian L. Roberts, the Philly-born chairman and CEO of media giant Comcast Corp., rarely does interviews. But in the spirit of this post-Passover period, Roberts, 51, who will accept the USC Shoah Foundation Institute's 2011 Ambassador for Humanity Award at a gala in Philadelphia on May 9, agreed to answer four questions...

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Closing of Senior Center Marks End of an Era

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Bryan Schwartzman

With the Stiffel Senior Center in South Philadelphia slated to close -- possibly as early as June 30 -- Jewish communal officials are working to ensure that the needs of a frail, low-income population will continue to be met. The center currently services approximately 450 individuals who depend on the facility for a wide range of services, including a place...

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A Holocaust Center From the Ground Up

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Melissa Jacobs, Jewish Exponent Feature

Michael Berenbaum, the renowned Holocaust scholar and consultant, has been hired to guide the development of a Holocaust education center in Philadelphia. The center's exact content -- or even what it will be called -- has yet to be determined. "The bricks we must first lay," Berenbaum said in a phone interview from his home in Los Angeles, "are decisions...

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Floating Arts Salon Fills 'Cultural Gap' in City

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Deborah Hirsch

Mable Lee's been in show business since the age of 8, singing and dancing with big bands, at nightclubs and on numerous New York City stages. On Saturday, at age 89, the Harlem resident added "Jewish museum" to her long list of performance venues. The crowd at the National Museum of American Jewish History roared as Lee, with the casual...

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At 63, Rabbi Starts New Position

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Bryan Schwartzman

In 1985, when the ordination of the first woman rabbi by the Conservative movement coincided with the Bat Mitzvah of Fredi Cooper's eldest daughter, the Wyndmoor resident believed it was a sign. One of her daughters was going to become a rabbi. In fact, it was Cooper who, at age 46 -- following a career in educational psychology -- entered...