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Kohelet Yeshiva Finds Its Rhythm at Poetry Slam

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First Reform Day Camp Planned for Philly

Global

Claims Conference Carried Out Own Probe of Fraud

Israel

Report: IDF not responsible for notorious 2000 shooting

National

ZOA Lobbies Against Aid to Egypt, Palestinians

Local

Throngs Come Out to Support Israel

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Toomey Set to Discuss Possible Cuts

By:

Bryan Schwartzman

As one of 12 members of the Congressional Supercommittee tasked with trimming more than $1 trillion from the national budget over 10 years, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey's calendar is pretty full these days -- especially considering that the Nov. 23 deadline is fast approaching to get a deal done. Still, officials at the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia have managed...

Newsmakers

Israeli Civil Rights Group Awarded $100,000 at Constitution Center

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Bryan Schwartzman

Israel has always been a mainstay in Libby Lenkinski's life. Her mother grew up there and, as a child, she visited relatives living on kibbutzim in picturesque northern Israel.

Newsmakers

Nobel's Super Son

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Robert Leiter

Felice Perlmutter always believed her son, Saul, was special and she often told anyone who would listen about his brilliance as a scientist.

Theater

'Class' is in Session

Our Class, by Polish writer Tadeusz Slobodzianek,

Local

Mayoral Debate Slated for Erev Yom Kippur

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Bryan Schwartzman

The only scheduled Philadelphia mayoral debate is slated to be aired by Fox29 on Erev Yom Kippur, and challenger Karen Brown is blaming Mayor Michael Nutter for the timing. "I know it's Yom Kippur. My ex-husband is Jewish. My kids are half-Jewish," said Brown, a former Democratic committeewoman who earlier this year switched parties to run for the city's top...