Friendship During Wartime: Deborah Ranniger

Deborah Ranniger PHOTO COURTESY STORYCORPS NORTHWEST

Late in his life, Leonard Cornell developed Alzheimer’s.  As his condition deteriorated, he told one story again and again to his daughter Deborah. Here, for StoryCorps Northwest, she shares that story. It’s of an unlikely friendship and how it shaped her father’s life.

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A graph created by the Anti-Defamation League illustrating reported incidents of antisemitism in 2022 and 2023, divided by category. (Courtesy: Anti-Defamation League)

Audit finds marked increase in antisemitic incidents

According to a new report released April 16, by the Anti-Defamation League, 2023 had the most reported incidents of antisemitism nationwide since the organization began tracking incidents of antisemitism in 1979.
Last year, there were 8, 873 reported incidents of antisemitism nationwide, which the organization averages to one incident every hour.
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