Judith Heumann, Jewish disability rights advocate, dies at 75
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Netanyahu government advances judicial reforms as protests intensify to include IDF reservists
El Al might be unable to fly Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a state trip to Rome this week because too few employees are willing to work the trip
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Converting to Judaism has defined my high school experience
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‘Dilbert’ cartoon creator once questioned the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust
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Albania to build museum to citizens who saved Jews during Holocaust
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A US envoy reminds European nations of their complicity in the Holocaust
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Jewish groups urge Ticketmaster to stop selling tickets to Farrakhan events
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White House says it will not meet with Israel’s Bezalel Smotrich when he visits the US
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