Grace Gilson
By Grace Gilson
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Fast Forward At a former driving school, Kehillat Harlem plants roots for Jewish life uptown
Kehillat Harlem, a non-denominational 'shul community,' is building Jewish infrastructure in a neighborhood where it once thrived
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Fast Forward The vast majority of Israelis are worried about declining US support for Israel, survey finds
Four in ten Israelis said they expected support for Israel among younger American Jews to decline
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Fast Forward Josef Veselsky, Holocaust survivor and table tennis master who was Ireland’s oldest man, dies at 107
Veselsky joined the resistance in Czechoslovakia during World War II; his family was murdered
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Fast Forward German antisemitism czar targeted in arson attack: ‘I will not be intimidated by this’
An inverted red triangle, a symbol often associated with Hamas, was also spray-painted on Andreas Büttner’s property
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Fast Forward Michele Weiss and Justin Brasch mark milestones as first Orthodox Jewish mayors in their cities
The two took office in towns in Ohio and New York
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Fast Forward How Mira Nair and Mahmood Mamdani’s politics shaped New York City’s new mayor
Mamdani’s parents and wife’s pro-Palestinian and anti-colonial activism offer a window into the political influences that shaped his path to Gracie Mansion
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Fast Forward Julius Berman, Orthodox rabbi whose influence spanned secular and observant Jewish institutions, dies at 90
'People respected him for his intellect and for his selflessness, and he was a real nice guy,' said one colleague
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Fast Forward 18 notable Jews who died in 2025
These Jewish icons left their mark on film, architecture, theology and everything in between
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