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Shabbat-observant student to pre-record Saturday commencement speech

Don Greenberg’s speech, chosen several weeks ago to represent his fellow classmates , was recorded in full, along with an explanation.

Belda Lindenbaum, who worked to advance Orthodox women, dies

Lindenbaum, who according to the Jewish Women’s Archive “was driven by the birth of her daughters to create new opportunities for Jewish women and girls,” died Tuesday in her Manhattan home at the age of 76.

Rachel Jacobs, chief of online education start-up, killed in Amtrak crash

The daughter of former Michigan State Senator Gilda Jacobs and the mother of a 2-year-old, Jacobs was killed aboard the Amtrak train that derailed Tuesday in Philadelphia.