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After the controversy over granting an honorary degree to playwright Tony Kushner, despite his vocal criticisms of Israel, Brandeis University may well change its policy on the selection process for such awards. Jehuda Reinharz, president of the only nonsectarian Jewish-sponsored university in the United States, told The Jewish Week that Kushner, a Pulitzer Prize winner, […]

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With an estimated Jewish population of 4,200, Salt Lake City is not exactly an outpost of Yiddishkeit. Nonetheless, the home of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is expected to become a pillar of the American-Israeli Friendship League as the organization opens its chapter here. “We may have to turn away people because […]

Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Auschwitz last Sunday triggered mixed reaction from the Jewish community — praise for adding the stop to his schedule and criticism for failing to even mention the anti-Semitism that laid the foundation for the mass killing of Jews there, hatred that continues throughout Europe today. “Standing at the crematoria, the […]

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