Lox block: UWS congregation takes smoked salmon off the menu, citing environmental concerns
“We know that for some this is a heretical move,” wrote a synagogue official
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YU can block LGBTQ club for now, Supreme Court rules
A lower court in June ruled that the university's refusal to recognize the student group violated New York City's anti-discrimination law
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Following scandal, kosher Chinese restaurants in Brooklyn move to distance themselves from NJ establishment
After a New Jersey Kosher Chinese restaurant closed, other restaurants under the same certifier in Brooklyn distanced themselves from it all
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Queen Elizabeth, whose reign encompassed the 20th-century ascent of British Jewry, dead at 96
British Jewish leaders echoed figures from around the globe in pronouncing the 'end of an era.'
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New York Hasidic community denounces upcoming New York Times report on yeshivas
Ahead of Regents vote on state oversight of private schools, summary of report sparks ire in Orthodox circles
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ADL will review its education materials after Fox News calls them ‘far-left’
The conservative network accused the Jewish anti-hate group of teaching 'concepts from critical race theory'
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Israel to measure inequality between Mizrahi and Ashkenazi Jews with new statistics
The idea that ethnic difference among Jews would disappear in the Israeli melting pot has not been borne out, experts say
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In rare and delicate statement, Russia’s Chabad rabbis call to ‘end the suffering’
The plea comes amid praise by other clergy for the war that Vladimir Putin has vowed to continue
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At Bergen-Belsen, an activist born in DP camp commemorate loss and life
Menachem Rosensaft, associate executive vice president of the World Jewish Congress, doesn’t remember the camp. But he says it’s where his parents “returned to being human beings” after the war
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Oakland mayoral candidate threatens Jewish community in widely distributed emails
Peter Liu called Jews “evil” and “corrupt” in an email sent to dozens of Bay Area journalists, Jewish contacts and other mayoral candidates
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Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong and Anthony Hopkins form a Jewish family in ‘Armageddon Time,’ upcoming film garnering Oscar buzz
Hopkins plays an immigrant who escaped the Holocaust in Jewish director James Gray’s latest, inspired by his New York City upbringing in the 1980s
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