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

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ADL Regional Head to Retire at Year’s End

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Junior Athletes Launch Season of Competition

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Bryan Schwartzman

Nearly 700 athletes from the East Coast will converge on the Main Line Sunday for the JCC Junior Mid-Atlantic Maccabi Games.

Sports

Samson’s Army: The Jews of the Olympic Games

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Herbert Weinberg, JE Feature

The Upcoming Maccabiah Games, the so-called Jewish Olympics, remind us that we Jews are more than artists and scientists; we are also fine athletes. Read on for a list of sporting achievements dating back to the beginning of the modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896.

Education

Elementary Entrepreneurs Pitch the Next Hot Thing

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Eric Berger

Third-graders from a local day school got a rare opportunity to present their business ideas to a trio of high-profile venture capitalists.

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Tennis Player Serves One for Grandfather

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Eric Berger

Jennie Shulkin’s grandparents purchased flights to watch her play tennis this summer at the Maccabiah Games in Israel before she even tried out for the U.S. team — and she considered herself a long shot.

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Community Event Examines Relationship Between Islam and Terrorism

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Bryan Schwartzman

The April 15 Boston Marathon bombings have renewed long-running debates about whether terrorism represents an outgrowth of mainstream Islam or a perversion of the faith.