Special election: Two Orthodox candidates face off in a close race for NY Assembly
Lee Zeldin, the GOP gubernatorial nominee, last year won in the predominantly Democratic district
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The late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ unpublished works to be digitized
Sefaria, the Jewish digital library, is adding to its online archive of the former UK chief rabbi's teachings
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2 more synagogues evacuated due to bomb threats ahead of High Holidays
Congregations in Florida and California joined dozens more that have experienced such threats during services in recent months
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Tens of thousands rally for democracy ahead of top court hearing on Netanyahu law overhauling judiciary
The pro-democracy protest took place outside the Supreme Court building in Jerusalem, roughly 13 hours before the historic hearing on the reasonableness standard
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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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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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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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