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'JJ Elephant': Cafe, Trunk Show All in One

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Beth Forman Rondinelli, JE Feature

So you're looking for a hot knish in Chester County, and you don't know where to find one? Head on over to JJ Elephant, a new sports Internet cafe and gift shop on 921 Kimberton Road (Route 113) in Chester Springs, only two miles from the Downingtown exit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The cafe, which opened its doors on June...

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Bakery's Doors Reopen -- Let the Rush for Goodies Begin!

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Aaron Passman, JE Staff

They said they came back for the knishes -- everything else was icing on the cake. Lipkin's Bakery in the Rhawnhurst section of Northeast Philadelphia reopened Sept. 8, after being shuttered for nearly five months following a fire, but just in time for the expected High Holiday rush. In the early morning hours last Tuesday, customers stopped by sporadically, many...

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Begin, the Son, Sees Hope on the Horizon

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Bryan Schwartzman

Israelis who don't believe that President Barack Obama is a friend of the Jewish state have got it wrong, according to Benny Begin, a Likud member of Knesset and son of former Prime Minister Menachem Begin. An Aug. 28 Jerusalem Post survey found that just 4 percent of Israeli Jews believe Obama's policies are pro-Israel; a similar poll released a...

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With Iran in Mind, Leaders Take to D.C.

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Bryan Schwartzman

More than 300 Jewish leaders from around the country, including nine from the Philadelphia area, converged on Washington, D.C., last week as part of the National Jewish Leadership Advocacy Day on Iran. The day seemed to signal a new phase of Jewish efforts to isolate Iran internationally, now that news reports suggest that the country may be on the verge...

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Socially Conscious Students Take 'Tikkun Olam' to a Deeper Level

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Dani Passow

Recently, along with 23 other rabbinical students from eight different seminaries, I traveled to Senegal in Western Africa on a service-learning trip under the auspices of American Jewish World Service to volunteer in two remote villages. After arriving at the airport in Dakar, the country's capital, I approached the custom's desk. The clerk looked at me and said, " Je...