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Kohelet Yeshiva Finds Its Rhythm at Poetry Slam

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First Reform Day Camp Planned for Philly

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Claims Conference Carried Out Own Probe of Fraud

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Report: IDF not responsible for notorious 2000 shooting

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ZOA Lobbies Against Aid to Egypt, Palestinians

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Throngs Come Out to Support Israel

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Sanctions: Yea or Nay? An Issue in Senate Race

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Bryan Schwartzman

Iran sanctions -- indeed President Barack Obama's whole approach to the nuclear threat posed by Tehran -- has emerged as a thorny issue in the Pennsylvania race for the U.S. Senate. Republican hopeful Pat Toomey has ripped into both U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) and U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak (D-District 7) -- the two lawmakers competing in next year's Democratic...

National

Specter Eyes His Record, Makes Case for Re-Election

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Bryan Schwartzman

More than seven months after stunning the political world by switching parties -- and receiving a chorus of welcome from the nation's top Democrats -- U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) exudes both determination and worry in his quest for re-election to a sixth term. "I saw President Clinton yesterday and he said, 'How's it going?' and I said, 'I've got...

Education

Barrack Strike Comes to End, With All Eager to Move On

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Bryan Schwartzman

The faculty strike that had shut down the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy for a week ended in the wee hours of Monday morning after teachers and the administration reached a deal on a five-year contract. All those affected by the strike -- parents, students, teachers and administrators --breathed a collective sigh of relief, and said that they wanted to...

Education

New Hillel Center Debuts at Temple

After several years in the works, the new Edward H. Rosen Hillel Center for Jewish Life at Temple University made its debut with a Nov. 11 dedication ceremony that drew an estimated 300 people. The event included greetings and remarks from a number of Temple and Hillel leaders, representatives of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, Temple students and even...

Food

'Lunch' Is Served, Thanks to JRA

Needless to say, the lunchroom hasn't been a busy place this week at Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, with the teachers on strike and the students out of school. But thanks to a project put together by Max & David's, which handles the school's dining needs, the Jewish Relief Agency and the Klein JCC's Cook for a Friend program, this...