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Law Firm Works to Link Saudis and Sept. 11

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Laura Goldman, JE Feature

Nine years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and seven years after his law firm launched its first lawsuit to hold Saudi Arabia accountable, Stephen Cozen is not giving up. But his attention has shifted, at least for now, from the courtroom to Congress to help advance the cause. At a recent hearing of a Senate Judiciary subcommittee on a...

Israel

Birthright Brings In First Group From Suriname

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Gil Zohar, JE Feature

A group of young adults from the tiny, 200-member Jewish community in Parimaribo, Suriname, marveled at the recently restored Zedek ve-Shalom Synagogue, rescued from ruin in 1999 from their tropical South American homeland, and now lovingly restored as one of four historic Jewish houses of prayer on exhibit at the Israel Museum here. "I hope it gives you honor to...

National

Lawmakers' Tour of Israel Covers Ground, and Facts on the Ground

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Bryan Schwartzman

While in the midst of a campaign two years ago, State Sen. Kim Ward, a freshman Republican lawmaker from Westmoreland County in southwest Pennsylvania, received some startling news from her dying father. Ward said that her father, Roger Renko, though hooked up to a ventilator and unable to speak, scrawled on a piece of paper that his paternal grandparents had...

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Worries Abound on Labor Front: Will Longtime Group Survive?

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Bryan Schwartzman

For more than 70 years, the Jewish Labor Committee has had a presence in Philadelphia. But there's a real chance that the local office could close up shop before Labor Day of next year, according to the organization's leaders. While a number of long-term factors have contributed to the JLC's struggles -- chief among them the steady decline of the...

National

Sestak-Toomey Race: Reflection of U.S. Mood?

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Bryan Schwartzman

As the national focus intensifies on the Pennsylvania Senate race -- a polarizing and bare-knuckle contest that many are calling a bellwether for the national mood -- several groups are continuing to hammer U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, the Democratic hopeful, over his record on Israel. For his part, Sestak has ceaselessly pressed his case in local Jewish circles. More than...