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Pittsburgh jury finds synagogue gunman eligible for the death penalty, setting up trial’s final phase
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Key congressional committee OKs a hike in funding for the antisemitism monitor
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Defense in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial: ‘There is no culture’ that would support killing of Jews
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A non-denominational yeshiva opens in Scotland, inspired by models in US and Israel
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New York says 18 yeshivas provide inadequate education. Advocates say they’re not the only ones
An Orthodox-led reform group encouraged further investigation after the NYC Department of Education found inadequate secular education in private yeshivas
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The Anti-Defamation League condemned the imagery as ‘indisputably dangerous and reprehensible’
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