For Orthodox Jewish groups, it’s wait and see on the reversal of abortion rights
They are preparing for a potentially delicate political balancing act.
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Jewish summer camp veterans are opening a camp for trans kids. It was filled within weeks.
Amid anti-trans legislation in their state, a rabbi and a trans activist are spearheading a pioneering summer program.
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Israel’s health minister: Overturning Roe v. Wade would be ‘a fatal blow to human rights’
Nitzan Horowitz, who leads the liberal Meretz party, wants to liberalize Israeli abortion policy, too.
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Jewish filmmaker is now New York’s second lady
Lacey Schwartz Delgado made the film “Little White Lie,” about growing up unaware of her African-American heritage.
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A ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ writer falsely claimed to have lost a friend in the Tree of Life synagogue shooting
Elisabeth Finch’s estranged wife said she had tried to get Finch to apologize on Yom Kippur for lying about her past.
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Nearly one in four Jews will be ultra-Orthodox by 2040, new study says
A projected boom in the Haredi population worldwide is attributed to other factors besides high fertility rates – including longevity, say researchers from the London-based Institute for Jewish Policy Research.
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For Israelis in the diaspora, new ways to honor fallen soldiers on Yom HaZikaron
Bereavement circles around the world will bring relatives of fallen soldiers together.
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In Antwerp, haredi Orthodox Jew overpowers and tackles his attacker
Police arrived at the scene while the suspect was pinned down and arrested him.
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The bountiful conspiracies about Hitler’s Jewish blood
Most of the claims about ‘Hitler’s Jewish blood,’ repeated Sunday by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, arise from the fact that the identity of his paternal grandfather is unknown. The answer to that question seems to have been buried with his grandmother.
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New York City Council calls for $5 million in hate crime prevention funding
Officials cite a Jewish group’s report on online hate directed at Jews and others.
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Books Kushner expected to publish a book on his White House experience
The memoir is expected to detail debates in the Oval Office and Jared Kushner’s meetings with Arab leaders
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