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For Vail’s Chabad rabbi, inspiration comes on ski slopes

Many of the challenges Dovid Mintz faces are familiar to Chabad emissaries, or shluchim, the world over, but the rabbi in Vail has come up with some unique responses to these challenges.

Ten senators tell McConnell they object to fast tracking Iran bill

The senators, among them Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), urged the Senate majority leader wait and allow for negotiations with Iran to continue until at least the March 24 deadline for a political framework agreement

Homeland Security bill includes $13 million for religious and other nonprofit groups

Since its inception nine years ago, the Nonprofit Security Grants Program has provided more than $110 million to Jewish schools, synagogues and other nonprofits.