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Komen official resigns following Planned Parenthood furor

February 7, 2012

A senior official at Susan G. Komen For the Cure resigned after the organization was embroiled in controversy over its attempt to defund Planned Parenthood. Read more »

With new restaurant at Canyons, kosher food debuts at a U.S. ski resort

By Matthew Weinstein · January 23, 2012

Canyons, Utah's largest ski resort, has opened the nation’s first glatt kosher restaurant at a ski area. Read more »

Penn distances itself from BDS conference

January 5, 2012

The University of Pennsylvania distanced itself from a BDS conference scheduled for February on its Philadelphia campus. Read more »

Judea Pearl, father of slain WSJ reporter, is a leader in artificial intelligence

By Tom Tugend · December 27, 2011

Judea Pearl, the father of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, is known as a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence. A $75,000 prize from the Technion is just the latest plaudit to a distinguished scientific career. Read more »

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A poster campaign sponsored in part by the Jewish community's Security Community Network urges Jews to keep an eye out for suspicious objects. U.S. intelligence officials are saying the likelihood of an Iranian-backed attack on U.S. soil has increased. (Courtesy Security Community Network) Dr. Robert Levin and his wife, Faye, are all smiles following Alabama's victory in the BCS championship game, Jan. 9, 2012. (Courtesy of Dr. Robert Levin) Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico's largest ski area, was started by a Jewish refugee from Germany whose family still owns the resort. (Courtesy Taos Ski Valley) Ernie Blake, founder of Taos Ski Valley, with his wife, Rhoda, in an undated photo. (Courtesy Taos Ski Valley) Netanyahu adviser Ron Dermer, right, cited a recent column by Thomas Friedman, left, in accusing The New York Times Op-Ed page of anti-Israel bias. (Flash 90: Miriam Alster for Dermer photo; Rebecca Zeffert for Friedman photo) President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama listening to a Chanukah performance by the West Point Jewish Chapel Cadet Choir in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Dec. 8, 2011. (Pete Souza/Official White House Photo) Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak speaking to students at the Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capital in Washington, Dec. 15, 2011. (JPDS-DC) Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak greeting students at the Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capital in Washington, Dec. 15, 2011. (JPDS-DC) Jordan Wolfe, founder and former director of CommunityNext, explaining the work of his organization. (Dan Klein) Blair Nosan, foreground right, founder of Suddenly Sauer and chair of Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue's Education and Social Action Committee, teaches a sauerkraut workshop at Detroit's recently opened Moishe House, Nov. 20, 2011. (Dan Klein)

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  • A poster campaign sponsored in part by the Jewish community's Security Community Network urges Jews to keep an eye out for suspicious objects. U.S. intelligence officials are saying the likelihood of an Iranian-backed attack on U.S. soil has increased.
  • Dr. Robert Levin and his wife, Faye, are all smiles following Alabama's victory in the BCS championship game, Jan. 9, 2012.
  • Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico's largest ski area, was started by a Jewish refugee from Germany whose family still owns the resort.
  • Ernie Blake, founder of Taos Ski Valley, with his wife, Rhoda, in an undated photo.
  • Netanyahu adviser Ron Dermer, right, cited a recent column by Thomas Friedman, left, in accusing The New York Times Op-Ed page of anti-Israel bias.
  • President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama listening to a Chanukah performance by the West Point Jewish Chapel Cadet Choir in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Dec. 8, 2011.
  • Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak speaking to students at the Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capital in Washington, Dec. 15, 2011.
  • Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak greeting students at the Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capital in Washington, Dec. 15, 2011.
  • Jordan Wolfe, founder and former director of CommunityNext, explaining the work of his organization.
  • Blair Nosan, foreground right, founder of Suddenly Sauer and chair of Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue's Education and Social Action Committee, teaches a sauerkraut workshop at Detroit's recently opened Moishe House, Nov. 20, 2011.
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