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EST 1917

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The New York Jewish Week is the home of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency’s New York coverage.

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A group of 37 faculty members at the University of Chicago sent a blistering letter charging the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago with a “total lack of regard for the values” of the university and community in its decision to fire the popular executive director of the school’s Hillel, along with its 17 board members. […]

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One woman was killed and several people were injured after a stage collapsed on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. The collapse came Wednesday afternoon during a rehearsal for the national Memorial Day ceremony to be held next week, according to reports. A bank of heavy lights crashed to the stage, according to reports. The accident occured […]

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We have been very aware of the addictive nature of nicotine and the serious health risks of lung cancer (which kills more Americans than any other cancer), cardiovascular disease, respiratory illness, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (eventually leading to emphysema). About 20 percent of Americans still smoke, around 450,000 Americans die prematurely every year from […]

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