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They fought for Israel. They died with their lives a mystery. Now, strangers are uncovering their stories
“We have a duty to remember those who fell for the establishment of this country,” Dorit Perry said
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White supremacists are driving the increase in antisemitic incidents
While many of the leading far-right groups have lost power in recent years, antisemitic banner drops, flyering and other stunts are increasing, according to the Anti-Defamation League
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‘The gun is on the table’: Both sides of Israel’s debate say that a constitutional crisis is coming
Israelis are facing the prospect of a dramatic breakdown in their 75-year-old democracy
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Yahrzeit plaques and other mementos collected, as Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life prepares for future
Ninety-minute window on March 19 afforded community chance to retrieve items, pay respects, before building transitions
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Inside the auction house driving the rare-book craze in the Orthodox world
Booming sales at Genazym are credited to a newly affluent Orthodox community willing to spend on heritage items
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‘Not a time to be silent’: Reform Israeli rabbi and lawmaker urges American Jews to take a stand on Israel’s constitutional crisis
Gilad Kariv warns that Israel’s right-wing government has more plans to curtail democracy and religious pluralism
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Alarmed by their country’s political direction, more Israelis are seeking to move abroad
“When the whole issue of the [judicial] revolution started, we just decided not to wait and to do it immediately,” said one Israeli who is moving to Spain next month
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‘A challenge to the soul of man’: 80 years ago, Hollywood stars pleaded for Europe’s Jews
The audience at the mass memorial overflowed Madison Square Garden, the site four years earlier for a rally of American Nazis
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Sports On Team Israel, locker room talk turned to politics
It was not lost on any that protests were roiling the country they were representing at the World Baseball Classic
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How a Florida bill could hurt Jewish studies
Vague wording around critical theory could mean drastic changes for how, or if, humanities courses are taught
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Aruba’s new rabbi comes out of retirement to lead a congregation in ‘paradise’
Alberto Zeilicovich was born in Argentina, led congregations in Colombia and the United States and had retired to Israel before taking the position
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