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US-Iran Talks Canceled as Vance Postpones Switzerland Trip

2+ hour, 42+ min ago  (622+ words) Planned talks between the United States and Iran in Switzerland were canceled on Friday after U. S. Vice President JD Vance postponed a trip to meet Iranian negotiators, amid mounting tensions over the fragile ceasefire in Lebanon. Switzerland's Foreign Ministry confirmed that…...

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A Jewish Way to Mark the 250th: A Close Reading of America's 'Sacred' Texts

6+ hour, 5+ min ago  (1154+ words) Andrew Silow-Carroll | JTA Fireworks, parades, maybe a mixed martial arts smackdown on the White House lawn? Those are a few of the ways Americans will be marking the country's 250th birthday. A Jerusalem-based yeshiva and an interfaith project started by a…...

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The Jewish American Security Act: A National Agenda for the Jewish Future

6+ hour, 26+ min ago  (639+ words) Jarrad Saffren and Zoe Bell | WJW Staff Sens. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev. , and James Lankford, R-Okla. , introduced the Jewish American Security Act in May after two days of advocacy on the part of Jewish federations across the country. If passed, the…...

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Henry "Hank" J. Ross

7+ hour, 37+ min ago  (132+ words) beloved husband of Robbie Bostin-Ross, passed away on June 10. In lieu of flowers or food, the family requests that memorial contributions in Hank's honor can be made to Parkinson's Foundation (parkinson. org). Services entrusted to Sagel Bloomfield Danzansky Goldberg Funeral…...

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Madeline Shapiro

7+ hour, 36+ min ago  (338+ words) Madeline (nee Ausuebel) Shapiro, beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died on June 10 in Silver Spring. Born Jan. 10, 1934, in Brooklyn, Madeline was a first-generation American born to Irene and Bernard Ausuebel, who grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood…...

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Marilyn Tucker

7+ hour, 35+ min ago  (331+ words) of Chevy Chase passed away peacefully on June 10 at the age of 85, after a brief illness. She was the beloved wife of Stef Tucker; devoted mother of Matthew (Jane) Tucker and Lawrence Tucker; loving sister of Stuart (Linda) Miller and…...

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Nathan Chaimson

7+ hour, 23+ min ago  (173+ words) age 97, on June 11. Predeceased by his parents, Louis and Minnie Chaimson, and siblings. Also predeceased by his first wife Bronna Chaimson, and second wife Judith R. Chaimson. Father to Terri (Rob) Levin, Lorri (Skip) Shepherd and David (Andi) Chaimson, stepfather to…...

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Lenore Cohen

7+ hour, 22+ min ago  (203+ words) passed away at her home in Riderwood Senior Living in Silver Spring, Maryland, on June 13. She worked for many years in religious education, primarily at Temple Emanuel in Kensington, Maryland, where she served as a teacher and as director of…...

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Stanley Alan Ratner

7+ hour, 15+ min ago  (155+ words) On June 14, Stanley Alan Ratner of Rockville, Maryland. Beloved husband of the late Sandra Chabbott Ratner. Devoted father of Robin Ratner (Robert) Drogan and Joseph Daniel (Tatum Birdsall) Ratner. Loving grandfather of Julia Ratner and Jade and Connor Drogan. Dear…...

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Norma Jean Gordon

7+ hour, 21+ min ago  (150+ words) On June 13, Norma Jean Gordon, age 99, of Rockville, Maryland, passed away. Beloved wife of the late Mervin "Ditty" Gordon; devoted mother of Frank (Wendi) and Michael (Susan); loving sister of the late Evelyn Zweig; cherished grandmother of Chuck, Danny, Eliza,…...