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Feb 21, 2017, 11:54 PM
Defacing a Cemetery and Bomb Threats Make Me Angry
I was not sad today when I found out more Jewish Community Centers had received bomb threats that forced evacuations.  I was not sad today when I found out Chessed Shel Emeth Cemetery was vandalized and over 100 stones...
Aug 1, 2014, 7:22 PM
Something Evil this way comes…and it is not Israel
Like many mothers in the United States, I have a child who made aliyah (immigrated) to Israel. My daughter studied for her two master’s degrees at Ben Gurion University in the Negev, where she earned degrees in Middle East...
Apr 15, 2014, 12:05 PM
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In Kansas City, focusing on the love
Refusing to let a murderous act of hatred define a community so full of tolerance and good
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Ellen Portnoy is an active volunteer in the Jewish community in the metropolitan Kansas City area. She serves on the board of directors of Women's Philanthropy of the Jewish Federation and National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Kansas City Section. She has a master's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia.