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Turner Classic Movies is airing a ‘Jewish Experience’ series of films this month
Here are all of the movies being shown, from a classic Gene Wilder-Harrison Ford Western to multiple Holocaust-themed flicks from French New Wave directors
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Sun, sand, reggae — and ritual bath: A mikvah in Jamaica
Chabad opens the island’s only mikvah. Will more Jewish destination weddings follow?
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Shalom, Slurpee: Israel gets its first 7-Eleven in convenience store chain’s planned wave
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Man whose firm provides special education services to yeshivas charged with embezzlement
The company implicated serves New York City’s Hasidic community
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British parliament member booted from Conservative Party after comparing COVID-19 vaccination to Holocaust
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, a Conservative, linked Andrew Bridgen’s comments to antisemitism
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Josh Shapiro to be sworn in as Pennsylvania governor on Bible that survived Tree of Life attack
Shapiro proudly embraced his Judaism during the campaign and will take the oath of office on a stack of three Bibles
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Second gentleman Emhoff to tour Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Emhoff, who will be joined by Ambassador Deborah E. Lipstadt, will also travel to Berlin for meetings with global antisemitism envoys
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This year’s ‘Jewish Nobel’ is a group prize, going to Jewish activists supporting Ukraine
The decade-old prize has until now been treated as a lifetime achievement award for a single inspiring Jew
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A Jewish governor needed a Hebrew Bible to be sworn in. Jewish educators came to his rescue.
'When looking for a Tanakh, there’s never one too far away,' a Polis spokeswoman said
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Did Yeshiva University mislead New York state to obtain $230 million?
Three lawmakers accuse the school of 'discriminatory behavior' in letter challenging their receipt of the public funding
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