INSIDE
this week
CONNECTICUT JEWISH LEDGER | SINCE 1929 | JULY 17, 2020 | 25 TAMMUZ 5780
10 Opinion
11 Milestones
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Irish Eyes Smile................................ 5 Ireland’s new government has eliminated a key bill that would have placed a boycott on products produced in Israeli settlements. That’s a win for Israel from a nation that has harbored biases against the Jewish state.
Crossword
20 Briefs
OPINION.............................................10 Peter Beinart want to replace Israel with a binational state, leaving Jews defenseless. Is anyone really surprised? asks Jonathan Tobin.
22 Bulletin Board
22 Torah Portion
23 Obituaries
24 Business and Professional Directory
Veg Out!.............................................. 5 So your mother always told you to ‘eat your vegetables.’ OK…but for breakfast? That’s right, says cookbook author Nancy Wolfson-Moche. Change your breakfast, change your life. Arts & Entertainment..............................................................................................13 With plans now in the works for a remake of the movie “Fiddler on the Roof,” one is left to wonder how you conceivably improve on the 1971 film? The answer: We have no idea.
25 Classified
ELECTION 2020............................................18 National Jewish groups see a chance to flip the state of Maine and are putting in the resources to elect Sara Gideon – and unseat 23-year Republican incumbent Susan Collins who has lost her luster for centrist Jews.
ON THE COVER:
When Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson posted on social media antisemitic quotes falsely attributed to Adolf Hitler as well as posts praising Nation of Islam leader and noted antisemite Louis Farrakhan, the team’s two Jewish owners didn’t fire him. But others were quick to call him out. And so began the Jewish education of an NFL star. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. PAGE 14 jewishledger.com
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FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2020 Hartford: 8:05 p.m. New Haven: 8:05 p.m. Bridgeport: 8:06 p.m. Stamford: 8:07 p.m. To determine the time for Havdalah, add one hour and 10 minutes (to be safe) to candle lighting time.
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