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The Never-Ending School Year
Because I don’t have a seat on our town’s Board of Education and I’ve never spent hours trying to decipher school budgets I feel kind of funny asking this, but … Why is our school calendar such a mess? This summer will be the...Tags: Family, Holidays, Yom Kippur, Columbus Day, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Navigating the Holidays: 6 expert tips for getting your family visits in order
CTW FeaturesTwo people. Two families. So, figuring out where to spend the holidays can get quite complicated for couples. The key is to get started early on your planning, know that you will have to compromise, and try to think of strategies that won’t leave...Tags: Passover, Family, Hanukkah, Holidays, Weddings
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Having an interpreter at a wedding may be the best gift a bridal couple can give
Special to CTgetsMarried.comIf you have normal hearing, you probably take for granted the gift of sound. But if you are a guest at a wedding where someone is deaf you realize how much he or she is missing. From the ceremonial toasts at the pre-wedding reception to the ceremony and...Tags: American School for the Deaf, Physical Conditions, Weddings, Connecticut, Hearing Impairment
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Israel toughens law against anti-Palestinian vandals
ReutersJERUSALEM, June 16 (Reuters) - Israel approved new measures on Sunday against Jewish ultranationalists who vandalise Palestinian property in a drive to mire security forces in sectarian violence in the occupied West Bank. Saying they sought to avenge...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, West Bank, Punishment, Benjamin Netanyahu, Wars and Interventions
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Search for Nazi diary leads to Pennsylvania
His garden stroll with Adolf Hitler left Alfred Rosenberg invigorated. Rosenberg was already one of the most notorious and powerful Nazis, chief architect of ethnic cleansing policies and the man responsible for plundering billions of dollars of art...Tags: Nazi Party, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Lawyers, Delaware County, Justice System
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In Theory: Immigration reform not just liberal cause
Reforming America's immigration laws to allow undocumented immigrants to apply for citizenship has long been seen as a cause championed by liberals. But now a group that's not exactly known for liberal ideas has joined the call to relax immigration...
Tags: Protestant Convention, Migration, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Justice System
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Congregation Sinai in south Lake celebrates 10th anniversary
Congregation Sinai, south Lake's first synagogue, is celebrating its 10th year serving the Clermont and Minneola areas. The modern progressive congregation was formed in June 2003 following rapid population growth and an influx of Jewish residents....Tags: Movies, Unrest, Conflicts and War, West Point, Vietnam War (1955-1975), International Military Interventions
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BRCA gene decision hailed
Jewish breast cancer survivors were among the people celebrating a recent United States Supreme Court decision. The high court ruled unanimously that patents cannot be held on naturally occurring human genes. The decision came in a case in which...Tags: Ovarian Cancer, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Biology, University of Miami, Susan G. Komen for the Cure
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Pastor should apologize for comments
Each week the Glendale News-Press, the Burbank Leader, the Pasadena Sun and the La Cañada Valley Sun invite a group of local clergy to comment on different issues. In late May, they were asked to comment on a recent State Department report documenting...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Religion and Belief
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'Fill the Void': Israel's Haredi sect explored from within ★★★
An elegant miniature, Rama Burshtein's "Fill the Void" labors under a narrative inevitability, but it's artful work nonetheless. We're in the hushed confines and spaces of the ultra-Orthodox community of Tel Aviv. Barely 18, the daughter of a rabbi,...
Tags: Movies, Christian Orthodoxy, Venice International Film Festival, Fill the Void (movie), Entertainment
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READER SUBMITTED: Community Is Feeding America In Nine Greater Hartford Gardens
West HartfordThis spring, Jessie's Community Gardens is pleased to announce that they have completed six community gardens and have three more planned, all of which will supply food pantries in Greater Hartford with fresh produce. The gardens, including an orchard...Tags: Passover, Poverty, Feeding America, Lettuce, Social Issues
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Rabbi Bradd Boxman, Koli Tikvah
Last Week: Flying under the radar but important to the American Jewish community was a solidarity prayer service held on Monday opposite the Israeli consulate Miami in support of women's rights to pray freely at the Western Wall in Israel. Looking...
Tags: Feminism, Religion and Belief
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