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Israel's Conundrum With Syria

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Death as a Constant Part of Life

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U.N. Nominee Elicits High Praise, Criticism

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Local Interfaith Group Gets New Head

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Old York Road Group Seeks More Funding

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A New Street in Town, and So Far, It's a Little Bumpy

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Bryan Schwartzman

J Street is coming to Philadelphia, but so far, it hasn't inspired much brotherly love. Instead, it's been treated more like the black sheep of the family. A flap over Hillel of Greater Philadelphia's decision to lease its space to J Street -- for the official launch of its Philadelphia branch -- is just one local manifestation of a debate...

Local

They're Pulling Out All the Stops for Haitians

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Aaron Passman, JE Feature

Fourth-grader Madelyn Simon added a bit of splash to her school wardrobe last week: a baseball cap with a sequined flower on it. Normally, that's not allowed at the Raymond and Ruth Perelman Jewish Day School's Stern Center, but last Friday was an exception. As part of the school's "Hats for Haiti" relief drive, students who brought in a donation...

History & Nostalgia

Plans in Works to Build Human-Rights Center

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Melissa Jacobs, JE Feature

Plans are under way to create a Center for Human Rights Education adjacent to the existing Holocaust memorial at 16th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The City of Philadelphia will be leasing the 10,000 square feet adjoining the Monument to the Six Million Jewish Martyrs to the Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, which hopes to make the center a reality. Funding...

20s and 30s

Birthright Works Hard on What Comes NEXT

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Aaron Passman, JE Feature

Dressed in scruffy clothes and wearing gloves spotted with red and blue paint, Lauren Shapiro was wielding a brush as a way to deepen her connection to the Jewish community. The St. Joseph's University alum, who grew up in a small Jewish community in Colorado, recalled that while attending college, she often felt like the only Jew on campus. Going...

Local

Lawmakers Delay Trip, Prematurely, It Seems

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Bryan Schwartzman

Talk about being dealt a bad hand: For the second time now, debate over the 2009-10 state budget has led to the postponement of the Pennsylvania Jewish Coalition's legislative mission to Israel. And this time, as it turns out, the group folded too soon. They actually didn't need to cancel. On Jan. 6, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed legislation legalizing...