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retiring
Stern stepping down as NBA chief in ‘14, Silver tapped as successor
David Stern, the commissioner of the National Basketball Association, said he will be retiring in 2014 after 30 years in the position.
Sinai Akiba teacher retiring after 46 years, will travel to Israel
After 46 years of teaching Hebrew at Sinai Akiba Academy, Rivka Shaked is retiring to spend more time in Israel. She will embark on her first extended visit at the end of this summer to celebrate the High Holy Days in Israel for the first time since her youth.
Hordes, Shinbaum leaving ADL
Two veteran senior staffers for the Anti-Defamation League are retiring.
Q & A With Ismar Schorsch
Dr. Ismar Schorsch, chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in New York, will retire in June. In that role, he has been informally considered the closest thing that the Conservative movement has to a leader. Schorsch, 70, met with The Journal to assess his two decades heading the seminary and his hopes for the future.