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Opening The Ivy Doors

by Steve Lipman Staff Writer New Haven, Conn. — For a long time Yale University was not a good place to be a Jewish student. The WASPy Ivy League school here maintained a Jewish quota from the 1920s...

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Jewish Studies Sans Religion?

Eric Herschthal Staff Writer The latest skirmish in the halls of Jewish academia has, surprisingly, nothing to do with Israel. But the new discord over academic grants made by the Posen Foundation...

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The Seriously Funny Side Of The IDF

by Eric Herschthal Staff Writer About 12 years ago, Joel Chasnoff had a personal crisis. Fresh out of the University of Pennsylvania, he had no idea what he wanted to do with his life. His father’s...

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New Torah-Based Outreach Seen Energizing Hillel

Gary Rosenblatt Editor And Publisher Conference here explores success of engagement through sacred texts. Dan Smokler, a 31-year-old Yale graduate, ordained rabbi and former labor organizer, wears the...

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