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A Soldier's Reflections

An Afghani Rosh Hashanah

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Avi Behar, JE Feature

Who would have thought that Afghanistan would be a place of unity for Jews? A few weeks ago I came across a flyer posted in the local chapel with times for services for every Christian denomination possible. A few hours later a thought of "Hey, why not" came across my mind. So, I walked and took a second glance. To...

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Debate Pulls Out All the Stops

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Bryan Schwartzman

Israel may just be the only issue that Republican Pat Meehan and Democrat Bryan Lentz aren't clashing over in their race to become the newest congressman from Delaware County. But not to worry: Two nationally prominent Jewish House members recently visited the area to drum up Jewish support for the two contenders, and as a result, made the Mideast argument...

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Soldier in Afghanistan: 'Definitely Not the Normal Career Choice'

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Deborah Hirsch

On Yom Kippur, for the first time in his life, work kept Avi Behar from going to shul. Instead, the 23-year-old lieutenant from Cherry Hill, N.J., commanded a convoy mission in western Afghanistan. In lieu of services, he wore a camouflage kipah and paused during breaks to read from a matching, army-issued prayerbook, he said. It was nothing like home,...

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Emergency Responders Answer to Higher Calling

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Bryan Schwartzman

On a recent summer day, Rabbi Shloime Isaacson received an urgent call: A 98-year-woman was having difficulty breathing. Isaacson was on his way to a meeting with a potential donor for a summer-camp program connected with his Northeast Philadelphia Orthodox shul, but he quickly took a detour. He was only about a mile from the woman's home, so he sped...

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Law Firm Works to Link Saudis and Sept. 11

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Laura Goldman, JE Feature

Nine years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and seven years after his law firm launched its first lawsuit to hold Saudi Arabia accountable, Stephen Cozen is not giving up. But his attention has shifted, at least for now, from the courtroom to Congress to help advance the cause. At a recent hearing of a Senate Judiciary subcommittee on a...