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Forwarding the News A new one-woman show confronts the Holocaust. It stars a clown.
Famous white supremacist says he's going to 'tone down the Hitler thing,' majority of Palestinians want to dissolve the P.A., why Batsheva is trending, and meet the lone non-Jew on Israel's baseball team.
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Jewish parents sue California for discrimination, Florida school district removes Holocaust book, Knesset advances bill curbing Supreme Court's power and New York honors Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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A look at the pope's Jewish ties on his 10th anniversary, Miriam Adelson shuns Netanyahu, Team Israel wins at World Baseball Classic, and Mel Brooks on how Hitler motivated his comedy.
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LA synagogue shooter pleads not guilty, three wounded in Thursday night Tel Aviv attack, CBS drama to air episode about antisemitism Sunday & watch a video of us discussing the week in Jewish news.
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Forwarding the News ‘Fiddler’ star Topol dies + Conservative movement finds ‘highly sexualized culture’ in youth groups
'Day of Resistance' underway in Israel, synagogue shooter says he was praying for bird, Jewish women of Congress tackle antisemitism, and racial Purim costume causes controversy.
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Six Palestinians killed in raid, Biden officials decline event invite over Smotrich, White House to host Jewish women's forum and lawmaker named Esther passes antisemitism bill on eve of Purim.
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