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Business

Ashton Kutcher Talks Tech in Tel Aviv

Sports

For Love of the Game, Brothers Attended Different Schools

Health

The Art of Control: Study Analyzes Impact of Cancer Support Groups

Local

Phillies Consulted With Jewish Officials Before Young’s Hire

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Michael Elkin

Before Ruben Amaro Jr. decided to hire outfielder Delmon Young, who’d been suspended for an anti-Semitic rant, he sought a blessing from local Jewish leaders.

Music

Biblical Scholar’s ‘Roots’ Reach Back to Woodstock

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Bryan Schwartzman

In the summer of 1969, a year after Andy Warhol announced that everyone would have the chance to be “world-famous for 15 minutes,” Alan Cooper took the stage at the Woodstock festival in Bethel, N.Y.

Tu B'Shevat

Has Environmentalism Gone Mainstream?

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Bryan Schwartzman

Tu B’Shevat — traditionally known as the new year of the trees — has become Judaism’s most environmentally focused holiday. But how much "greening" is going on?

Wellness

'Skewed Vision' Leads Man to JCC

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Eric Berger

Desperate not to lose his eyesight, a retired aerospace engineer made a hasty decision earlier this month to fly to Philadelphia, where he thought getting eye surgery would be as simple as walking into a doctor’s office.

Education

LGBTQ Mentoring Program Takes Off

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Eric Berger

Last week, eight local people sat around a table at the Jewish Family and Children’s Service offices . They all share a close connection to the LGBTQ community and want to become mentors to others in the Jewish community adjusting to life with a loved one who has come out.