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☆ Opinion: Why Biden supports Israel so wholeheartedly
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Stephanie Griffith | Opinion Frida Ghitis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Why does Biden support Israel so wholeheartedly? The first is a lifelong understanding of Jewish history and the indispensable role a Jewish state plays in countering millennia of antisemitism. For Biden, these imperatives – strategic, historic, moral, emotional – come together in the war between Israel and Iran-backed Hamas, a terrorist group founded on the goal of destroying Israel. Biden learned Jewish history at his father’s foot. Where many see a war between Israel and Hamas, Biden sees something much larger.

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☆ As some retirees worry about surprises this tax season, these resources may help
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Seniors may also seek help from other tax professionals this year to meet the April 18 deadline to file their federal returns. Where to find free tax helpAARP's Tax-Aide program is the largest volunteer-based tax assistance program in the country, according to Lee-Villanueva. The program works in collaboration with the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, or VITA, and Tax Counseling for the Elderly, or TCE, programs, which provide free basic tax return preparations to individuals who qualify. The government temporarily made the child tax and earned income tax credits more generous during the Covid pandemic. Tom O'Saben director of tax content and government relations at the National Association of Tax Professionals

☆ Mysteries: ‘Swann’s War’ by Michael Oren
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Tom Nolan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Michael Oren’s thriller “Swann’s War” takes place on the small New England island of Fourth Cliff, “a world utterly cut off from the real one.” It’s 1944, and World War II still rages. In charge of keeping the peace is Mary Beth Swann, who serves as the island’s de facto police captain while her husband, Archie, fights overseas. For the past two years the island has held a camp for Italian POWs. The prisoners, a mostly congenial lot, are well-tolerated by the locals and encouraged to take work on the docks. But one morning, fishermen find the corpse of one of the Italians in their nets; the man has been strangled and then dumped in the sea.

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