1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="fIrWplmsx6"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/behind-the-headlines-jewish-community-mourns-sudden-loss-of-ronald-brown">Behind the Headlines: Jewish Community Mourns Sudden Loss of Ronald Brown</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/behind-the-headlines-jewish-community-mourns-sudden-loss-of-ronald-brown/embed#?secret=fIrWplmsx6" width="600" height="338" title="“Behind the Headlines: Jewish Community Mourns Sudden Loss of Ronald Brown” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="fIrWplmsx6" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> When Commerce Secretary Ronald Brown died last week in Croatia, the Jewish community lost one of its staunchest allies and best friends in the Washington political hierarchy. Revered as one of America’s best and brightest, Brown, 54, forged solid relations with organized American Jewry as early as the 1970s. Although this relationship was tested during […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315