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Jacob Lew, the White House chief of staff, discussed allegations of past sexual abuse at Yeshiva University’s affiliated high school in his speech to the university’s annual Chanukah convocation. Lew, an Orthodox Jew, made the remarks on Sunday evening during his address at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel, where he was receiving an honorary doctorate […]

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I am one of those parents who never dreamed of sending a child to boarding school, and who would never consider a Jewish school for my children, despite being a very committed Conservative Jew (“A Visit To The ‘Jewish Exeter’” Between The Lines, Dec. 7). But my son came home from a summer at Camp […]

Jewish groups on Monday mourned the passing of nine-term U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) at age 88, reflecting on what they called his legacy as one of the most pro-Israel legislators in Washington. The American Jewish Committee (AJC) recalled that Inouye’s appreciation for Israel began when he sold Israel Bonds in Hawaii in 1951, and […]

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