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  • Ralph Goldman photographed in his JDC office in April 2008. (JDC)
    Ralph Goldman photographed in his JDC office in April 2008. (JDC)
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    Remembering Ralph Goldman, Lifelong Champion of the Jewish State

    The ardent Zionist and devoted Jewish civil servant died last week at age 100

    byDavid Harman
  • U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire Henry Morgenthau, Sr. asks New York philanthropist Jacob H. Schiff to secure aid for Jews in Palestine in a cablegram dated August 31, 1914. (Joint Distribution Committee)
    U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire Henry Morgenthau, Sr. asks New York philanthropist Jacob H. Schiff to secure aid for Jews in Palestine in a cablegram dated August 31, 1914. (Joint Distribution Committee)
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    100 Years of Jewish Archives on Display in NYC

    Collection includes letter from Albert Einstein and a dress worn at Ellis Island

    byIsabel Fattal
  • Gertrude van Tijn in her office at the Jewish Council, Amsterdam, 1942.(Courtesy of the Collection of the Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam)
    Gertrude van Tijn in her office at the Jewish Council, Amsterdam, 1942.(Courtesy of the Collection of the Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam)
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    The Jewish Woman Who Was the Liaison Between the Nazis and American Rescue Groups

    In 1941, Gertrude van Tijn traveled to Lisbon in a last-ditch effort to save Europe’s Jews from annihilation. She was already too late.

    byBernard Wasserstein
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    Surviving Stalin’s Purges

    Why couldn’t Soviet Jews see the dictator—who died 60 years ago—for the anti-Semitic murderer that he was?

    byBen Cohen
  • A Mission Adventures participant in 2008.(Youth With A Mission–International/Flickr)
    A Mission Adventures participant in 2008.(Youth With A Mission–International/Flickr)
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    Teenagers With a Mission

    Evangelical Christians send students around the world to help the needy. Jews should do the same, extending tikkun olam beyond our community.

    byEmily Goldberg
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