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Jewish Representation on Supreme Court Could Reach Historic High
Jewish representation in the Supreme Court could reach a historic high following the April 9 announcement of Justice John Paul Stevens’s retirement.
Two of the three leading candidates to replace Stevens on the bench are Jewish jurists: Solicitor General Elena Kagan and Judge Merrick Garland. Currently, two of the nine Supreme Court members, justices Ruth Bader [...]
“Hey, is this the Seder?”
Next Year in the White House: A Seder Tradition
Pete Souza/White House
Last year’s Seder, a White House first, saw the Macaroon Security Standoff.
By JODI KANTOR
Published: March 26, 2010
WASHINGTON — One evening in April 2008, three low-level staff members from the Obama presidential campaign — a baggage handler, a videographer and an advance man — gathered in [...]
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Cardozo Law Professor Argues for Public Ownership of Gene Patents
Daniel B. Ravicher, Executive Director of the Public Patent Foundation (“PUBPAT”) and a Lecturer in Law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he also directs the Intellectual Property Law Program, appeared on PBS Friday Night Newshour where he advocated for public ownership of gene patents. A federal judge has invalidated patents by [...]
Warren Buffet and the Rabbi
I read this nearly thirteen years ago in The New York Times. It belongs here somewhere…
May 9, 1997
Investment In the Divine
Enriched by His Friendship With an Agnostic, a Rabbi Finances a Storied Legacy
By N. R. KLEINFIELD
One man speaks to God. The other speaks to the stock market. Both of them hear things that no [...]
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Tagged Christ, Dorothy, God, jewish theological seminary, Kripkes, money, Mr. Buffet, Mr. Buffett, Mrs. Buffett, Mrs. Kripke, Omaha, Rabbi Carol Davidson, Rabbi Davidson, Rabbi Kripke, Richland Park, rotary club meetings, Susie, Warren, warren e buffett, western Omaha
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Passover Makes Late Night Comedy Shows
Passover– or at least familiarity with the holiday– has become mainstream; and so playful jokes can be heard on the late night comedy shows.
One, from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Tuesday Mar 30 2010
Well, Joe Biden has done it again. He showed up at the White House Passover Seder with a bunch of [...]
