The American Jewish community responded to the Yom Kippur War, which killed nearly three thousand Israeli soldiers, by flooding Israel with donations; doctors and students volunteered to join the war effort.
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Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Independence Elementary, named for the nation’s semiquincentennial, will serve families and students who have been challenged by long bus trips and overcrowding at Eagle and Star elementaries.
Many of our readers have backed the effort with your donations during our annual Season for Sharing campaign.
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Ryan Martin,
IndyStar,
29 Mar. 2026
To ensure the fairness and credibility of our readers’ poll, any votes originating from the same IP address that exceed 20 submissions will be excluded from the final tally.
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Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Mar. 2026
The move — which was not originally on the agenda for the State University System’s Board of Governors — will effectively relegate introductory sociology to an elective starting this fall, removing it from the core curriculum taken by most undergraduates.
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Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
Harvard waives tuition entirely for undergraduates whose families earn $200,000 or less annually.
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