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News Why did this Mormon drive 10 hours to buy whiskey? To help out a Jewish friend for Passover
It was the first time he acquired whiskey, normally forbidden for Latter-day Saints
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News Who’s the guy with the yarmulke in Trump’s hush money trial?
Judge is closing court during parts of Passover to accommodate Gedalia Stern and other attorneys, as well as any potential Jewish jurors
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Culture 99 problems and a lamb ain’t one: What the Talmud says about Trump’s hush money trial
Payments to sex workers have some restrictions, but it may be another Jewish law that is more relevant to the Stormy Daniels case
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Fast Forward Inmates sue prison for right to watch solar eclipse, claiming it’s a religious experience
“Religion is the only hobby allowed in prison, so naturally the inmates make the most of it,” said Rabbi Joe Hample, who served for two years as chaplain at a supermax prison
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Culture How the 1919 solar eclipse made Albert Einstein famous
Photographs from the celestial event proved the theory of relativity, which caught the world by surprise
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Fast Forward Hopes rise for deal to free all hostages in exchange for 2-month cease-fire
President Biden is sending his CIA director to the Middle East Sunday to help seal the deal between Israel and Hamas
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Fast Forward Israel’s Supreme Court strikes down Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the judiciary
The decision could catapult Israel into a constitutional and political crisis during a time of war
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Fast Forward Young voters prefer Palestinians — and Trump, new poll shows
48% of those ages 18 to 29 think Israel is intentionally killing civilians, and 55% oppose further US aid to the Jewish state
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