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    <description>Shmuel Legesse, Ed.D., is an Israeli-American diplomacy expert, international educator and community activist from Ethiopia’s ancient Jewish community. A former New York State Supreme Court investigator, he has also served in the Israeli Police and specializes in conflict resolution, restorative peace and moral diplomacy.</description>
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      <title>An Ethiopian Israeli’s message to Americans: Jewish identity is not black and white</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[We are not an “ethnic group” in the bureaucratic sense; we are a people of covenant that happens to come in many colors.]]></description>
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      <title>What Michele Weiss’s election demands of American Jews</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[We are not spectators. We are the people who write just laws, pave safer streets and make sure that every neighbor is seen.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The eve of Tisha B’Av is no time for government quarreling</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[We are watching history repeat itself, with division, blame and political egos undermining the collective good.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 10:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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