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EST 1917

New York

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One of the supreme joys in Mir Hadassi’s young life was when she and her parents converted to Judaism in Holland and made aliya. “From the very first moment I saw Israel I fell in love,” she said. Her devotion to the nation intensified when she did her military service in the north which came […]

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A race for state Senate to replace disgraced politician Carl Kruger was locked in uncertainty Wednesday with a tiny margin of votes separating the candidates. Early returns said Republican David Storobin had a 120-vote lead over Democrat Lewis Fidler, out of more than 21,000 cast. An estimated 2,090 absentee ballots, however, have yet to be […]

A new documentary tries, but fails, to gain a deeper understanding of this perplexing and prolific philosopher.

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