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How a Jewish TikToker who hasn’t played organized basketball in years made it to the NBA draft
Jordan Haber — who will mostly certainly not get picked by any team — found a loophole
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For the first time in decades, synagogues can sponsor refugees — what does that mean?
A new initiative allows private groups to help resettle refugees for the first time since the 1970s
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?That Jewish News Show: Is Elon Musk the most dangerous antisemite in America?
Laura and Benyamin discuss neo-Nazis at Disney World, succession at the Soros Foundation and Elon Musk’s antisemitism on Twitter
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A Berlin rabbi has been fired amid mounting allegations that he preyed on young women
“The community has promised the victims unlimited support,” said a spokesperson for the Jewish Community of Berlin
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Why Israel has more altruistic kidney donors than any other country in the world
A rabbi made donating a kidney a mitzvah for many Israelis who would never have considered it
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Rabbinical students are drifting away from Israel. Here’s how one synagogue is responding
A Los Angeles congregation is worried that future rabbis could be swayed by ‘a celebrity who tweets or posts a TikTok claiming Israel is an apartheid state’
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Almost 80 years after the Nazis were defeated, ownership settled on two pieces of stolen art
A 17th-century painting once owned by Hitler will go on display in Boston, and a German commission says a Kandinsky should be returned to a Jewish family
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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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