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In pressing ahead this week with its demand that the French government release all 2,058 paintings looted by the Nazis, the World Jewish Congress provided details on the theft of one of those paintings — information it gleaned from the National Archives in Washington. “Why is it that we were able to get this information […]

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Last December, the appointment of women rabbinic interns in two Orthodox synagogues here sparked heated debate about leadership roles for women within Orthodoxy.But a year later, the debate seems to have dropped off the radar screen and the hirings remain a pioneering — if isolated — experiment at the two Modern Orthodox congregations. The rabbis […]

New Power Awakens Old Group The National Association of Jewish Legislators came to Washington this week for a meeting intended to breathe new life into the moribund group.And not a moment too soon: with the political balance shifting from the federal to the state level, a strong Jewish presence in state capitals around the country […]

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