Steven Salen, a tailor who survived the Holocaust and dressed presidents, dies at 103
A Holocaust survivor and a black marketeer became a “bespoke tailor” to the powerful and late in life, opened up to his daughter about his wartime experience
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JDate, interfaith weddings and extramarital affairs come up in U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments
Is JDate a ‘dating service for Jewish people?’ Justice Alito asks. ‘It is,’ Kagan says
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Michigan man charged with ‘ethnic intimidation’ after harassing synagogue-goers over Israel
Local police were criticized for their handling of the incident on Friday, two days before Hassan Chokr was arrested
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Blinken: US will judge Israeli government on its policies, not its politicians
The theme of J Street's conference this year was battling anti-democratic forces in Israel and in the United States
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In first, ultra-Orthodox news site apologizes to women for blurring their faces
This is the first time a lawsuit has ever been filed against a Haredi publication for blurring out the faces of women, which is a common practice in ultra-Orthodox media
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Report: Iranian regime has plotted to kill Jews overseas, including philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy
The Iranian regime dramatically intensified its targeting of overseas figures after the United States assassinated a top general, Qassem Soleimani, in 2020
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Slivovitz, a spirit with a cherished Jewish history, gets UNESCO World Heritage protection
'Jews would acquire this local drink after moving into European kingdoms,' a slivovitz scholar said
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‘Silence is complicity’: Biden calls on political leaders to denounce antisemitism, not platform it
Biden also alluded to Ye’s Infowars appearance, saying 'The Holocaust happened. Hitler was a demonic figure.'
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Aline Kominsky-Crumb, who transformed comics first as a muse and then as a feminist artist, dies at 74
Aline Kominsky-Crumb brought to comics raw self-lacerating accountability and subverted crude stereotypes about Jewish women
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Lithuania proposes setting aside nearly $40M for Holocaust survivors and their heirs
Two years ago, Lithuanian lawmakers considered declaring that neither the country nor its leaders could be blamed for participating in the Holocaust
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Abe Foxman: If Smotrich and Ben-Gvir get their way, Israel will lose me and American Jews
Foxman said he was 'optimistic" Netanyahu would resist the demands of extremist coalition partners
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