Leni Reiss, longtime editor of Arizona Jewish weekly, dies at 84
An award-winning journalist, she also helped lead education and seminar programs that originated at the New York Jewish Week
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Member of Goyim Defense League extradited to Netherlands after allegedly projecting antisemitic message onto Anne Frank House
Robert Wilson will stand trial in October for promoting an antisemitic conspiracy theory about Frank
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This city wants to make antisemitic flyers illegal as ‘hate litter’
A San Diego proposal wouldn’t be the first such law. Florida has one, too
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Moroccan Jews and Israelis reportedly all safe in devastating quake that killed at least 2,100
The quake came on the eve of a Jewish pilgrimage and during the local harvest season for etrogs, used in the observance of Sukkot
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Netanyahu warns Jewish pilgrims not to visit Ukraine for Rosh Hashanah
There are only enough shelters in the small Ukrainian city of Uman for around 11,000 people, creating a potentially perilous scenario for the tens of thousands of Jews who are expected to make the pilgrimage this year
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NJ court rules in favor of woman who used social media to lobby for Jewish divorce
Raquel Liberman played a critical role in the dismantling of infamous Argentine sex-trafficking ring Zwi Migdal and in the move to outlaw prostitution in the country
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Orthodox Union certifies Israeli brand of lab-grown meat as kosher — but not pareve
The O.U. recognized poultry products from Israeli startup SuperMeat as kosher
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Paris mayor revokes Mahmoud Abbas’ top honor after he spreads Holocaust falsehoods
"With manifest will, you denied the genocide of the Jewish populations of Europe by the Nazi regime and its allies," Anne Hidalgo wrote to the Palestinian leader
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Porto’s Jewish community unveils memorial to 842 local victims of Portuguese Inquisition
The victims ranged in age from 10 to 110 and were identified using newly digitized records
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Buenos Aires to rename subway station after Jewish woman who famously stood up to sex traffickers
Raquel Liberman played a critical role in the dismantling of infamous Argentine sex-trafficking ring Zwi Migdal and in the move to outlaw prostitution in the country
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Violet Spevack, weekly chronicler of Cleveland Jewry for 50 years, dies at 107
Her society column for the Cleveland Jewish News, launched on March 5, 1965, made her one of the of the longest continuously published columnists in the country
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