Alan Arkin, Jewish actor with uncommon versatility, dies at 89
The son of Ukrainian and German Jewish immigrants in Brooklyn won an Oscar in 2007
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‘And Just Like That…’ star Alexa Swinton is having her bat mitzvah in Israel
Her character was involved in one of the more prominent b'nai mitzvah scenes in TV history
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USS Carl Levin is the latest US Navy ship to honor a Jewish American
Ship named for the late US senator from Michigan who was a staunch supporter of the military
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Dan Shapiro, former Ambassador to Israel, tapped as Biden administration’s Abraham Accords envoy
Shapiro will spearhead an effort to expand the number of countries normalizing relations with Israel
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Supreme Court ruling in Sabbath accommodation case has far-reaching consequences for observant Jews
Jewish groups that do not often line up on the same side of church-state issues before the court were of a single voice in this case
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The Supreme Court just hobbled affirmative action — and an antisemitic conspiracy theorist helped
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NYC mayor compared 84-year-old Holocaust survivor to a ‘plantation’-owner
The woman, a tenant activist, complained about rising rents. Critics say the mayor was wrong to accuse her of racism
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The Jewish genius behind the Chia Pet, Joseph Pedott, dies at 91
The man behind popular products like Chia Pets and the Clapper grew up poor but donated generously once he made it big
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Roseanne Barr addresses controversy: ‘Of course I don’t believe that the Holocaust never happened’
The actress and comedian says that the clip of her denying the Holocaust was a joke taken out of context
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House and Senate invite Israeli president Isaac Herzog to speak to Congress
Herzog’s state visit is unusual in that it comes before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has scored an invitation
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Italy to bar soccer players from wearing No. 88, which has coded meaning for neo-Nazis
Italy’s government and the Italian soccer federation announced a joint initiative
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