Dugo Leitner, Holocaust survivor whose falafel ritual made him a social media star, dies at 93
Leiter survived Auschwitz as a teen, then adopted a ritual of eating falafel every year to mark his survival
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Elon Musk reinstated Kanye West’s Twitter account. Jewish groups were not happy.
The ADL noted that West has refused to make amends for promoting antisemitic content and denying the Holocaust
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Alaska man who vandalized Jewish museum with swastikas sentenced to 18 months in prison
The sentence reflected both the vandalism and drug trafficking charges
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Debating the death penalty for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter, prosecutors raise question of the Jewish prison population
Jurors are considering whether life behind bars Is an adequate punishment for the deadliest attack on U.S. Jews in history
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Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff to visit his Jewish summer camp, Cedar Lake, next week
Emhoff plans to speak about Jewish life and antisemitism at the camp where was once voted "most athletic"
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Louise Levy, ‘supercentenarian’ subject of longevity study among Ashkenazi Jews, dies at 112
She was the oldest resident of New York State
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25 years ago, ‘Saving Private Ryan’ presented a rare portrait of a Jewish soldier in film
Adam Goldberg’s portrayal of Stanley "Fish" Mellish stands out through a series of memorable scenes
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Sinead O’Connor was once targeted by Itamar Ben-Gvir over a planned Israel concert for peace
The Irish singer, who died this week, was targeted by an extremist Israeli harassment campaign in 1997
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Pickleball, America’s fastest-growing sport, is a hit at Jewish camps and sports tournaments
Numerous Jewish camps around the U.S. have added pickleball to their offerings
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Conservative rabbis endorse use of electric cars on Shabbat, but divisions over driving remain
The vote was 10 in favor, six against, five abstained.
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Rabbis, monks and bats: A religion scholar and a zoologist find a new way to map early Jewish-Christian relations
A method used to study Egyptian fruit bats help two scholars understand the connections between the Talmud and Christian writings
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