Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, improved ties with Israel, honored the Holocaust
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Largest Presbyterian denomination labels Israel an apartheid state
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American rabbi convicted of sexually assaulting students is granted residency status in Israel
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Boris Johnson’s Jewish moments, from a broken menorah to a change in Israel-UN policy
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Ukraine says it will not allow in Uman pilgrims for Rosh Hashanah
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Historic Welsh synagogue gets over $600,000 to reopen as cultural center
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Reform, Conservative leaders plead with Lapid to confront harassment of non-Orthodox Jews at Western Wall
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Democrat Josh Shapiro boasts Republican Jewish support in close race for Pennsylvania governor
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