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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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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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?
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Feinstein’s political future a mystery, but Katie Porter has announced a bid for her seat
The longest-serving active senator has filed paperwork for 2024 but won’t elaborate on her plans until ‘the appropriate time’
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Four fun things to know about Steven Spielberg’s mom
Leah Adler had a profound influence on her famous son — and an interesting life in her own right
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Long Island Jewish Republicans call on Santos to step down ‘immediately’
The freshman congressman from New York told reporters on Capitol Hill that he won’t resign
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Jews are kvelling over Steven Spielberg saying ‘kvelling’ at Golden Globes
Famed director used the word in acceptance speech for his semi-autobiographical film ‘The Fabelmans’
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Transgender woman who lost yeshiva job is excluded from YU-affiliated Orthodox synagogue
Months after one of their congregants was outed, a YU-affiliated synagogue reckons with how — or whether — to include trans people
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Number of Russian Jews down sharply in last decade, pre-Ukraine war census reveals
Jews have flooded out of Russia since the war began, further depressing a shrinking population
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No polio virus found in NY county wastewater 6 months after Jewish man was paralyzed
Rockland County, which has highest per capita Jewish population in the US, reports 14,000 vaccine doses given since July
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