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‘House of Lev’: A former hip hop dancer and makeup artist document their new Orthodox life online
Akiva and Chava Hart and their 6 children converted to Judaism Nov. 5, but have been creating Jewish content online for a year
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‘A warm hug from grandma’: In Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square, families contemplate the expected release of 50 hostages
Relatives of those held captive in Gaza say even if their loved ones are freed, they will continue to press for those who remain captive
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Illinois tax credit program for private schools set to end, upsetting Jewish advocates
“Invest in Kids,” which benefitted hundreds of low-income Jewish day school students, had the backing of the local federation
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Oct. 7 nearly derailed Berlin’s famous Israeli-Palestinian restaurant. But they’re back in business.
“I felt full of rage, I felt like that’s it — it’s stupid, everything I’ve worked on in the past years is stupid,” recalled co-owner Oz Ben David, who briefly shut down the restaurant
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‘Unorthodox’ author Deborah Feldman is a lightning rod in Germany’s debate about criticizing Israel
The controversy hits a nerve in Germany, where criticism of Israel has been subject to intense scrutiny since the Holocaust. But there is a growing thirst for Jewish voices to break the supposed taboos
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That woman with the ‘I’m single’ sign at the Israel rally? She wasn’t really looking for a husband
Morgan Raum said the sign was a Jewish joke that most Jews got
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Deborah Lipstadt struck by ‘speed and intensity’ of Hamas atrocity denial
Lipstadt, the Biden administration's antisemitism envoy and a Holocaust scholar, said she's disturbed by people claiming that Hamas did not commit various atrocities on Oct. 7
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For Jewish teens in Asia, first BBYO convention in Singapore offers a rare sense of community
Teens went home with strategies to build youth movements in their own countries
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In Jerusalem, a market blooms to help Gaza-area farmers hit hard by the war
"It's not just about buying fruits and vegetables," one customer said. It's "to support not only farmers but each other"
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‘House of horrors’: Shaken and tearful, a dozen New York politicians visit the devastation at a kibbutz near Gaza
The 12 Democrats said they are committed to sharing what they saw with their constituents
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Jewish alums donate $1 ‘and no more’ to Harvard to press for robust response to antisemitism
A new Jewish alumni group says 'a campus culture has developed in which Jews feel unsafe'
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