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Meet Eliza Kanner: Israel advocate by day, New England Patriots cheerleader by night
The former Miss Connecticut, who is entering her third season with the Patriots, is also a senior development officer for Boston’s Jewish federation
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Citing anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, a South Carolina rabbi plans to move
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Snail guts? Archaeologists discover 3,000-year-old secret to the prosperity of the biblical kingdom of Israel
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UCLA's Amari Bailey was picked by the Charlotte Hornets in the second round
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37 people signed Israel’s Declaration of Independence. A new podcast explores their legacy.
'Signed, Sealed, Delivered?' is an Israel-at-75 project from the creators of 'Israel Story'
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Major Jewish groups leave coalition after video slams ‘woke antisemitism’
The Jewish Federations of North America and Jewish Council for Public Affairs departed the Combat Antisemitism Movement’s sprawling coalition after the group released a video decrying progressive politics
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Politics RFK Jr. gains traction amid revelations he compared COVID-19 vaccine mandates to Nazi experiments
In a video clip from 2020, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warns against COVID-19 rules, adding that the 'Nazis did that in the camps in World War Two – they tested vaccines on gypsies and Jews'
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Sports 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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