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Local

Synagogue, Developer At Odds Over Casino

Local

Amid Brouhaha Over IRS, Z Street Gets Its Day in Court

Local

ADL Regional Head to Retire at Year’s End

Local

Drexel Proposes a Center for Jewish Life

By:

Eric Berger

A proposed $7 million Center for Jewish Life at Drexel University would be the first such facility conceived and built by a local university.

Israel

Hagel in Israel to Discuss Arms Deal, Iran

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JTA

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is in Israel, where he is discussing with Israeli leaders a major arms deal and the Iran situation.

Sports

A Treat for a Jewish Flyer

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Bryan Schwartzman

Lazarus “Larry” Zeidel, believed to be the only Jew ever to skate for the Philadelphia Flyers, had the chance Thursday night to catch his old squad in action.

National

A Different Shabbat for Jewish Family in Watertown

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Lisa Hostein

Plans to bake challah for Shabbat became impossible for a family in lockdown in Watertown, Mass.

Local

Drexel Students Celebrate Yom Ha'atzmaut

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Eric Berger

As part of Drexel University's annual Israel Peace Week, the Dragons for Israel student organziation held a party on campus to celebrate the Jewish State's 65th birthday.