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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, speaks during an address to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference, May 23, 2011. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
December 29, 2021, 8:56 am
Harry Reid, the two-fisted majority leader with deep Jewish ties, dies at 82
Reid was a leader on pro-Israel legislation and shepherded major sanctions targeting Iran through Congress in 2010.
By Ron Kampeas
Ed Asner as newspaper editor Lou Grant in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," circa 1975. (Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)
December 23, 2021, 10:14 am
18 noteworthy Jews who died in 2021
These Jewish luminaries left their marks in the realms of art and culture, government, business, philanthropy and beyond.
By Ben Harris and Ron Kampeas
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