Jackie Hajdenberg
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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News How Jews are addressing the megillah’s bloodiest chapter during wartime this Purim
Some communities are choosing to address head-on the uncomfortable text of the Book of Esther’s ninth chapter at a time when the Jewish people are responding emotionally, spiritually and militarily to the deadliest attack on them since the Holocaust
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Fast Forward 11-month-old Binyomin Kuravsky was killed by a faulty radiator — and now his parents demand accountability from the city
“We do not want anybody else to suffer,” Bessie Kuravsky said
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Culture Music video for ‘Hurricane,’ Israel’s Eurovision entry, released after changes that tone down references to Oct. 7
Key themes of the song, to be performed by the singer Eden Golan, have changed, though some allusions to the attack remain
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Culture 21 countries agree to updated guidelines on Nazi-looted art as researchers say much work remains
‘Of the millions of works of art and cultural property stolen by the Nazis, countless objects still have not been returned to their owners,’ Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in his remarks
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Fast Forward For the 3rd time, Matisyahu concert canceled amid threat of pro-Palestinian protests
“Please know we will not cower to these bullies and the pressure they exert,” the Jewish artist wrote on Instagram after his Chicago tour date was canceled
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Fast Forward Jewish fertility group is helping Alabama clients undergo IVF elsewhere after state’s explosive ‘fetal personhood’ ruling
‘This was kind of the worst-case scenario post-Dobbs,’ said Elana Frank, CEO and founder of the Jewish Fertility Foundation
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Fast Forward Second Israeli song entry for Eurovision in dispute as contest deadline approaches
The dispute over the song is the latest stage in an ongoing controversy over Israel’s participation in the annual competition
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Fast Forward Groups working to support Israeli hostages and their families awarded 2024 ‘Jewish Nobel’
Past awardees of the $1 million Genesis Prize include Barbra Streisand, Robert Kraft, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, and Steven Spielberg
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