Specter fights on

Specter fights on

By Uriel Heilman July 31, 2008 8:10 pm

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Sen. Arlen Specter, the veteran Jewish Republican from Pennsylvania, is letting neither Hodgkin’s disease nor age get in the way of his re-election effort, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Frederick Wiseman, documentarian whose antisemitism experiences led to a career examining social institutions, dies at 96

Olympics committee defends sale of T-shirt commemorating 1936 Nazi-era Games

From ‘Hairspray’ to ‘South Park,’ composer Marc Shaiman tells a showbiz story shaped by Jewish humor

Bill Aron, photographer of Jewish countercultures, gets his due in a sweeping retrospective

America’s Black-Jewish story gets an update on new PBS series featuring Henry Louis Gates, Michael Twitty and more

Steven Spielberg wins Grammy, becoming 9th Jew in elite EGOT ranks

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