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    All photos: Emmet Gowin.
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    Robert Oppenheimer’s Jewishness

    74 years to the day after the Trinity nuclear test ushered in the nuclear age, are we any closer to knowing the men who carried the moral burden of the world on their shoulders? Louisa Hall’s recent novel spins out some ideas.

    byBridget Kevane
  • Democratic Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton (L) and Bernie Sanders (R) with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (center) prior to the Battle Born/Battleground First in the West Caucus Dinner at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 6, 2016.
    Democratic Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton (L) and Bernie Sanders (R) with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (center) prior to the Battle Born/Battleground First in the West Caucus Dinner at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 6, 2016.
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    The Nevada Democratic Caucuses Are Scheduled for Shabbat, Which Could Disenfranchise Many Jewish Voters

    Nevada is home to over 76,000 Jews, many of them observant. Yet the state’s upcoming Democratic caucuses are scheduled on Shabbat even as viable alternative times are available.

    byYair Rosenberg
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    (Tablet Magazine/CDNC)
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    Miriam Michelson, American Jewish Feminist Literary Star of the Western Frontier

    (And her brother Albert won the Nobel Prize in Physics)

    byKaren E. H. Skinazi and Lori Harrison-Kahan
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    Israel’s First Burning Man, One Mile From Ben Gurion’s Grave

    From Black Rock City to the Negev Desert, the sandy camping trip comes to the Middle East

    byMelanie Lidman
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    Congressional Jew-Count Plummeting

    Jews in the House are leaving in droves

    byDan Klein
  • Rep. Shelley Berkley earlier this year.(Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
    Rep. Shelley Berkley earlier this year.(Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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    Berkley to Run for Nevada Senate Seat

    Pro-Israel rep. will try to win one for the Dems

    byMarc Tracy
  • Oscar Goodman with showgirls, 2009.(Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
    Oscar Goodman with showgirls, 2009.(Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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    Double Down

    Flamboyant Las Vegas Mayor Oscar B. Goodman, facing the end of his term-limited reign, is waging a final battle, campaigning for his wife, Carolyn, a nice Jewish girl from New York, to succeed him

    bySteve Friess
  • Shelley Berkley's Las Vegas.(Collage: Tablet Magazine; Berkley photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images; Las Vegas strip: Flickr/Roadsidepictures)
    Shelley Berkley's Las Vegas.(Collage: Tablet Magazine; Berkley photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images; Las Vegas strip: Flickr/Roadsidepictures)
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    Showgirl

    Pro-Israel Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, Democrat from Las Vegas, rides a hot streak

    bySteve Friess
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