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CONTENTS <strong>OCTOBER</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
THE CHALDEAN NEWS VOLUME 17 ISSUE IX<br />
departments<br />
on the cover<br />
22 MAKING HISTORY<br />
BY SARAH KITTLE<br />
Judge Hala Jarbou is the first Chaldean American to sit<br />
on the federal bench<br />
features<br />
24 USAID<br />
BY PAUL NATINSKY<br />
How the United States is helping Iraqi Christians<br />
26 SUPERIOR SUES GM<br />
SARAH KITTLE<br />
Local dealership takes on General Motors<br />
in court for discrimination<br />
28 POINT: RESCUING<br />
IRAQ’S CHRISTIANS<br />
BY DAVID L. PHILLIPS<br />
From the Director of Peacebuilding and Rights<br />
at Columbia University<br />
28 COUNTERPOINT:<br />
WHY VOTE TRUMP<br />
BY JOHN ZMIRAK AND JASON JONES<br />
From film producer, author, activist and<br />
Catholic human rights worker<br />
30 VOTER GUIDE<br />
BY PAUL NATINSKY<br />
Outlining the candidates and their stance on the issues<br />
32 ELECTION ROUNDUP<br />
BY SARAH KITTLE<br />
Chaldean candidates still in the running<br />
30<br />
6 FROM THE EDITOR<br />
BY PAUL JONNA<br />
About Responsibility<br />
8 GUEST COLUMNS<br />
FR. MARCUS SHAMMAMI<br />
Single-Issue Voting: A Problem?<br />
GABE GABRIEL<br />
On Real Estate<br />
10 FOUNDATION UPDATE<br />
Success story; Mask up Michigan<br />
11 IRAQ TODAY<br />
US INSTITUTE OF PEACE STAFF<br />
Iraqi-U.S. Ties are ‘Restarting,’<br />
Iraqi Foreign Minister Says<br />
12 NOTEWORTHY<br />
40 Under Forty; Preserving the Aramaic<br />
Language<br />
14 CHALDEAN DIGEST<br />
CCF expansion complete;<br />
Chaldean cuisine<br />
16 FAMILY TIME<br />
BY DANIELLE ALEXANDER<br />
How to safely celebrate Halloween<br />
18 RELIGION<br />
Letter from Bishop on Voting<br />
20 IN MEMORIAM<br />
21 OBITUARY<br />
Dr. Halil Dawood Elia<br />
34 CHALDEANS AROUND THE WORLD<br />
BY ADHID MIRI, PHD<br />
Chaldeans in Europe Part I<br />
36 CHALDEAN ON THE STREET:<br />
“Who are you voting for and why?”<br />
40 KEEPING UP WITH<br />
THE CHALDEANS<br />
42 EVENT<br />
Stride for Seminarians<br />
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