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German antisemitism czar targeted in arson attack: ‘I will not be intimidated by this’
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Eva Schloss, Holocaust survivor who promoted the story of her friend and posthumous stepsister Anne Frank, dies at 96
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Julius Berman, Orthodox rabbi whose influence spanned secular and observant Jewish institutions, dies at 90
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Rep. Randy Fine’s incendiary comments on Muslims alarm many Jews — without denting his standing on the pro-Israel right
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