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Buzzed by planes, sporting toupees: The ups and downs for Jews in the security services

Jewish employees in sensitive security positions have had an array of experiences over the years, from Shabbat raids on their homes to traveling the world in disguise while making time to attend services.

NYU Langone-Technion to share $9 million cancer research grant

The New York hospital and Israeli institute will participate in joint cancer research projects funded by a $9 million grant from philanthropists Laura and Isaac Perlmutter.

As David Cohen becomes CIA’s No. 2, Jews appear to have smoother sailing at security agencies

As memories of Jonathan Pollard recede, Jewish community professionals say the government’s concern over Jews in sensitive intelligence positions is waning.

How Martin Luther King, Jr. Inspired a Passover Seder

U. of Toledo student gov’t nixes Israel divestment resolution

Stanford student senate passes divestment resolution

Philip Levine, former U.S. poet laureate, dies at 87

Despite Speechgate drama, U.S.-Israel defense relations stay solid

As 3,000 Jewish teens gather in Atlanta, funders urge more support for programs

The Jewish Songwriter Behind Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit”

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