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Activist Returns From Addis in Wake of Obama’s Visit

August 19, 2015

by Heather Robinson

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From The Huffington Post

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Sudanese-American human rights activist Simon Deng traveled to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on August 11th to be a “voice of peace” as Southern Sudanese leaders faced President Obama’s August 17th...

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Can Anything Tender Survive on Tinder?

August 18, 2015

by Heather Robinson

There’s a very good new piece in September’s Vanity Fair magazine about the collision of “hookup culture” with dating apps like Tinder, Hinge, and Happn, and how this technological explosion is affecting...

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Donald Trump: America’s Putin?

August 8, 2015

by Heather Robinson

By now most of America has seen or heard about Donald Trump’s theatrics in the first Republican debate Thursday night, from his refusal to pledge he won’t run as an Independent to his Rosie O’Donnell crack in response to...

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Obama, in Africa, Echoed NYC Activist’s Plea

August 2, 2015

by Heather Robinson

On his trip to Africa last week, President Obama called upon combatants in South Sudan’s bloody civil war to halt their violence. In demanding that South Sudanese leaders cease stoking the bloodshed that has claimed 70,000 lives in...

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Huck Touches a Nerve

July 30, 2015

by Heather Robinson

Mike Huckabee set off a firestorm this week when he declared, of President Obama’s deal with Iran, “He would take Israelis and basically march them to the door of the oven.”

Huckabee has received blowback from a range of...

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In Times Square, 10,000 rally to stop Iran

July 23, 2015

by Heather Robinson

An estimated 10,000 people turned out in Times Square Wednesday evening for a rally to protest President Obama’s deal with Iran. Many demonstrators carried signs addressing Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), whose vote many analysts...

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Launched singles/dating/relationship column in The Jewish Week. Here is my maiden effort

March 19, 2013

by Heather Robinson

March 19, 2013: Launched singles/dating/relationship column in The Jewish Week. Click here to read my maiden effort.

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Became Contributing editor at The New York Jewish Week

March 15, 2013

by Heather Robinson

March 15, 2013: Became Contributing editor at The New York Jewish Week, reporting and writing news and features about Jewish life in New York.

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Became editor of The Blueprint Jewish Event Guide

January 15, 2013

by Heather Robinson

January 15, 2013: Became editor of The Blueprint Jewish Event Guide, coordinating three online magazines: New York Blueprint, Los Angeles Blueprint, and Jerusalem Blueprint.

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