Jackie Hajdenberg
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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News A Jewish cemetery in Belarus was destroyed by Nazis. Now its headstones are being made into a memorial.
The Jewish cemetery in Brest used to have tens of thousands of graves. Its headstones have been found in construction projects across the city
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Fast Forward Rice University LGBTQ group cuts ties with campus Hillel over support for Israel
The decision is the latest instance of student groups across the country distancing themselves from Hillel over its Israel policies
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Fast Forward A suburban NJ megamall is offering gender-segregated swimming to accommodate its Orthodox clientele
American Dream Mall has held separate swimming hours before — but Sukkot will be the first time that mixed swimming is canceled
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Fast Forward Who is Siggy Flicker, the woman behind Trump’s Rosh Hashanah message condemning ‘liberal Jews’?
Siggy Flicker deeply believes what she said: that liberal Jews are a malign presence in the United States
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Fast Forward In emotional ceremony, heirs to ‘Cabaret’ inspiration Fritz Grünbaum take back 7 Egon Schiele works stolen by the Nazis
The paintings will be auctioned off, with the proceeds going to support artists in underserved communities
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Fast Forward 7 Egon Schiele portraits to be returned to heirs of Jewish cabaret star murdered in the Holocaust
Efforts by Grünbaum’s heirs to reacquire the Schiele paintings has lasted more than 25 years and has been marked by legal battles due both to statutes of limitations and disputed claims
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Fast Forward In a first, Volodymyr Zelensky met with Chabad rabbis ahead of Rosh Hashanah
The Hasidic outreach movement also recently added its first new emissary couple to Ukraine since the onset of the war
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Fast Forward Andy Samberg plays a famous Jewish WWII photographer in upcoming biopic
In 'Lee,' the Jewish comedian plays David E. Scherman, who along with Lee Miller captured the early horrors of the Holocaust
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