Louise Levy, ‘supercentenarian’ subject of longevity study among Ashkenazi Jews, dies at 112
She was the oldest resident of New York State
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Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff to visit his Jewish summer camp, Cedar Lake, next week
Emhoff plans to speak about Jewish life and antisemitism at the camp where was once voted "most athletic"
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25 years ago, ‘Saving Private Ryan’ presented a rare portrait of a Jewish soldier in film
Adam Goldberg’s portrayal of Stanley "Fish" Mellish stands out through a series of memorable scenes
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Sinead O’Connor was once targeted by Itamar Ben-Gvir over a planned Israel concert for peace
The Irish singer, who died this week, was targeted by an extremist Israeli harassment campaign in 1997
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Pickleball, America’s fastest-growing sport, is a hit at Jewish camps and sports tournaments
Numerous Jewish camps around the U.S. have added pickleball to their offerings
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Conservative rabbis endorse use of electric cars on Shabbat, but divisions over driving remain
The vote was 10 in favor, six against, five abstained.
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Rabbis, monks and bats: A religion scholar and a zoologist find a new way to map early Jewish-Christian relations
A method used to study Egyptian fruit bats help two scholars understand the connections between the Talmud and Christian writings
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Opponents of Israel’s judicial overhaul see parallels in Tisha B’Av, this week’s Jewish day of mourning
As Tisha B’Av approaches, some protesters of the recent law weakening the judiciary fear that it could lead to another catastrophe
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Israel’s Supreme Court will hear challenge to law limiting its power, potentially teeing up constitutional crisis
The court said it would not freeze the law while it waits to hear arguments against it
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RFK Jr. on the people to blame for COVID: ‘We know who they were and they weren’t Jewish’
Kennedy also denounced antisemitism while defending his record on the Jews in an event organized by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
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Comedian Alex Edelman is ‘very dismayed’ by Israel’s vote to cut judicial power
There ‘is a minority bloc subverting the will of the people,’ he says after Broadway performance
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