Yardain Amron
By Yardain Amron
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News Reconstructionists Shake Up Boring Annual Report With Web, Video — and Even a Christian!
The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College has released what may be the quirkiest annual report in the mundane history of Jewish annual reports. Instead of the standard-issue PDF, chock full of corny staged photos and tritely colored financial bar graphs, the RRC built its 2015 report into an interactive website that captures the democratic essence of the…
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Culture No Ordinary Summer For Students in Israel War Zone
The Michigan State University students were still jet-lagged from their ten-hour flight when news of rockets striking Sderot reached them in Jerusalem. The next morning, June 29 — just the third day of their summer Jewish Studies program in Israel — the students heard Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proclaim Israel “ready” for what would soon…
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News Planting Seeds of Mideast Peace in Time of War
“My name is Mustafa, and I am from Gaza,” declared the 16-year-old perched, however improbably, on a picnic table near the shore of Pleasant Lake, Maine. His backdrop — just days after sheltering from the Israeli mortars exploding near his home — was New England’s White Mountains. “I lived 20 days in third war. I…
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Culture Genetic Nerve Disease Puts Photographer on Other Side of the Lens
It began as just a limp — and then it puzzled doctors for seven years. Back in 2003, Hollywood was Robert Zuckerman’s stomping ground. The acclaimed photographer, then 48, was at the peak of his career, preparing to shoot the promotional materials for the Disney blockbuster “National Treasure” starring Nicolas Cage and Harvey Keitel. He…
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News Will Rabbi David Saperstein’s Departure Mean Watershed Change at the RAC?
The Religious Action Center, Reform Judaism’s lobbying arm in Washington — and an enduring mainstay of liberalism in the capital — is about to undergo a seminal change. Rabbi David Saperstein, the center’s voluble longtime director and chief legal counsel, is packing his bags. Nominated by President Obama on July 28 to be America’s ambassador…
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Israel News American Authorities Extend Flight Ban to Israel for Another Day
American authorities extended a ban on flights to Tel Aviv’s airport for an additional day Wednesday. The widening conflict in Israel forced most airlines to scrap flights Tuesday to Tel Aviv over rockets from Gaza — dealing a major blow to Israel’s tourism industry. The Federal Aviation Administration suspended all U.S.-based flights to Israel Tuesday…
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Israel News Why Did UCLA Hillel Funnel Cash From Pro-Israel Donor to Student Candidate?
Campus Hillels across the country have distanced themselves from their University of California, Los Angeles affiliate following revelations that UCLA Hillel acted as a pass-through for political donations to pro-Israel student government candidates. Hillel International, the campus centers’ parent body, nevertheless strongly supports the donations, which UCLA’s student newspaper revealed recently. The donations, which came…
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Israel News Americans College Students Try To Stay Chill in Israel War Zone
Jason Hershman, a third-year Northeastern University student, stopped by an outdoor breakdancing competition on his way home from work July 10. More than 100 people were sprawled on the park grass in front of him, enjoying the spins and twists of dance teams who had driven two hours to show off their talents. The Boston…
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