Canadian Jewish News (blog) Stamped in memoryCanadian Jewish News (blog)When I was a university student in Jerusalem, my great-uncle Binyomin, who had a shul in Boston, mailed me a photograph of a stamp. He asked me to hunt it down for him. Issued in 1962 to commemorate Yom Hashoah, Holocaust …
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A plan to shut down 53 post offices throughout Colorado and hundreds of others around the nation has been halted. More: continued here
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Read More »Anger as ‘Cher’ tries to sell Adelaide key on eBay – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald Anger as 'Cher' tries to sell Adelaide key on eBaySydney Morning HeraldOfficials in Adelaide have voiced their disappointment at revelations that US singer Cher had apparently put her key to the city up for sale on internet auction house eBay. The key and accompanying memorial plaque was …
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