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Brazil Remembers Jewish And Afro-Descendant Shoah Victims

RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) – Brazil’s president attended a Holocaust remembrance ceremony that honored Jewish and Afro-descendant victims. President Dilma Rousseff and several Jewish and non-Jewish officials attended a Holocaust remembrance ceremony held Jan. 29 in Salvador, Brazil’s third largest city. “We are here to express ourselves about a stain in the history of humankind. […]

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Bibi And The New York Times

Ari Goldman’s media column, “Bibi’s Missed Opportunity: An Op-Ed In The Times” (Dec. 30) misses the point that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, through senior adviser Ron Dermer, drew a line in the sands of history by taking the opportunity to lay out the role the Times plays in the asymmetrical war of words waged against […]

Gingrich Robocalls Claimed Romney Cut Kosher Food To Mass. Holocaust Survivors

Newt Gingrich robocall told Florida voters that Holocaust survivors “were forced to eat non-kosher” because of Mitt Romney. “As governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney vetoed a bill paying for kosher food for our seniors in nursing home,” said the call reported Tuesday by Shaun Daikin, an activist who seeks to stop the phenomenon of the […]

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Brazil Remembers Jewish And Afro-Descendant Shoah Victims

Bibi And The New York Times

Gingrich Robocalls Claimed Romney Cut Kosher Food To Mass. Holocaust Survivors

N.Y. Center Gets $2.5 Million Gift For New Rare Books Room

Getting High On Tu b’Shvat

Abuse Must Be Opposed

In Brooklyn Redistricting, Eggs In One Basket

Arkansas Federation To Honor President Clinton

Selling Day Schools In A Tough Climate

Distraught And Offended

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