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Sicily’s Jews have their first rabbi in 500 years. Italy’s Jewish establishment won’t accept them.
The community is mostly made up of Bnei Anusim, descendants of Jews forced to hide their religion during the Inquisition
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Why are protesters waving swastika flags in front of Disney World?
As Disney has become a more prominent target of the far right, neo-Nazis have arrived at its gates
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Books A new version of the Holocaust’s most famous diary is being called ‘Anne Frank pornography’ and getting banned from schools
Parents have challenged ‘Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation’ in multiple states, with some success
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Politics Gubernatorial candidate who has trafficked in antisemitism likens current politics to Nazi Germany
Mark Robinson, a North Carolina Republican, also compared himself to a young naval officer battling Hitler during World War II
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Hey kid, do you want to be a rabbi? Facing a shortage, Conservative movement looks to teens
Only seven students have enrolled in the incoming first-year class at JTS, the Conservative movement's rabbinical school in New York
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Feeling anxious about wildfire smoke? Here’s advice from a climate change chaplain
Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner on how to 'combat the profound isolation' of fears about climate change.
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That $65 million deal to sell AJU’s main campus? It just fell through.
EF Education First’s offer was pulled due to local opposition the buyer described as xenophobic
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Fighting for political survival, Labor chief wants American Jews to help rebuild liberal Zionism
MK Merav Michael called the massive protests against the government’s judicial overhaul plan a ‘huge opportunity’ for the Israeli left
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Politics A Jewish guide to Chris Christie’s presidential campaign, starting with his Trump and Kushner feuds
Chris Christie is portraying the former president as a danger to democracy, and his Jewish son-in-law as a grifter
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Sports The secret Jewish history of the Belmont Stakes
Its Jewish founder and namesake was the inspiration for an ostentatious Edith Wharton character
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That Jewish News Show: An Orthodox rabbi on why his synagogue supports the LGBTQ+ community
Laura and Benyamin discuss LGBTQ+ issues in the Orthodox community, the eye-popping antisemitic emails between two Los Angeles attorneys and what advice the Talmud and Jewish tradition has for Taylor Swift fans
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Yiddish ווידעאָ: יוטוב־פּערזענלעכקייט רעדט אויף ייִדיש וועגן אַ משפּחה־טראַגעדיעVIDEO: Youtube personality speaks in Yiddish about a tragedy in the family
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