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For an Israelite chief rabbi, a ‘mess’ of Kanye’s making
Rabbi Capers Funnye leads the largest Israelite movement in the United States. He's tired of people conflating it with extremists
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A Black writer explores how Germany remembers its ‘unthinkable’ past
Clint Smith, author of a prize-winning book about slavery and American memory, tours Holocaust memorial sites
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News Quiz: Test your knowledge of Birthright, Brandeis and Ben-Gvir
Jewish news quiz — Nov. 25, 2022
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Michael Shafir, who played a key role in Holocaust memory in his native Romania, dies at 78
Shafir studied Holocaust denial in post-communist Europe, including in the country he fled as a teenager
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Sports I’m a Jewish teenager and I wish Israel were in the World Cup
My school is soccer-crazy. But which team am I supposed to root for?
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How a Jewish security network tipped off police about New York City threat
A growing constellation of organizations is focused on monitoring online antisemitism and leveraging relationships with law enforcement
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New York governor signs two bills aimed at thwarting hate crimes
We have the power as individuals, as a government, as a society to pull back and say, 'no more,’ Kathy Hochul said
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British comedian David Baddiel takes his ‘Jews Don’t Count’ argument to TV
The man who has become Britain’s leading commentator on antisemitism argues in a star-studded documentary that anti-racism movements leave Jews out of their activism
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Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is very Christian — but it’s had its Jewish moments
A deflating dreidel balloon and other tales from the parade route
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New York health officials worry that polio will strike again in heavily Hasidic enclaves
'You don't find polio just willy-nilly in wastewater in the United States,’ said one public health official
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Sports As Black Hebrew Israelite group gathers outside arena, Kyrie Irving returns to NBA court
Irving apologized for sharing a link to an antisemitic film in a lengthy interview that posted Saturday
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News Quiz: Test your knowledge of Dave Chappelle, the ‘Hebrews to Negroes’ film, and America’s spokesjew
Jewish news quiz — Nov. 18, 2022
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Culture An open letter to Dave Chappelle from the great-granddaughter of a Hollywood pioneer
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Culture America’s most unapologetic Jewish band is back — and ready to rock
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Culture Who is Kanye West and Donald Trump’s antisemitic new friend, Nick Fuentes?
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Opinion Do ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrate Thanksgiving?
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Forwarding the News Jewish Republicans break with Trump over dinner with Holocaust denier
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Yiddish קינדווײַז האָט זי זיך געשפּילט מיט חסידישע ייִנגלעך, כאָטש זי איז נישט געווען קיין ייִדישעAs a child she played with Hasidic boys, even though she wasn’t Jewish
טיף אין די בערג פֿון אַריזאָנע דערציילט די פֿרוי וועגן אירע אַמאָליקע פֿרײַנד אין וויליאַמסבורג און וועגן דעם טאָפּלטן לעבן פֿון אַ סך חסידישע מענער.
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Fast Forward Trump’s dinner with a Holocaust denier draws rare criticism from some of his Jewish allies
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News A Black writer explores how Germany remembers its ‘unthinkable’ past