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ESPN documentary focuses on Holocaust and Munich massacre survivor Shaul Ladany
ESPN veteran Jeremy Schaap, who is Jewish and has won 11 Emmys, traveled to Israel and through Germany to tell Ladany’s story
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In London, a special needs school is rare meeting point for haredi Orthodox and secular Jews
Gesher meets the needs of Jewish families of all denominations and splits the religious difference by committing to a Modern Orthodox approach
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First Person How I rustled up a minyan to say kaddish on Capitol Hill
As the Democrats’ chief deputy whip, Rep. Deborah Wasserman Schultz herds her colleagues for key votes. So I figured she could rustle up nine Jews.
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Dispatch from London: In Jewish neighborhoods, shuls and kosher cafes shuttered as Britain buries her queen
A week before the High Holidays, the royal funeral prompts a meditation on ritual and change
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AJU sells campus to corporation that beat Jewish school’s final offer
Community mikvah will stay open in the short term; rare Jewish book collection on the move
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5 questions for a Kyiv rabbi as the High Holidays approach
‘This year people will pray heartily for the horrors of the war to be over,’ said Rabbi Joseph Azman
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Orthodox Jewish feminist group launches project to ease access to abortion
‘We are prioritizing women who need abortions,’ said Daphne Lazar Price, executive director of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance
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How the Jewish establishment helps fund Hasidic yeshivas
UJA-Federation of New York steers 400 schools in the region toward millions in public money
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Books Kushner offered to pay to get the Abraham Accords ceremony on White House lawn, a new book reports
The book by veteran political correspondents Peter Baker and Susan Glasser offers behind-the-scenes anecdotes about Kushner, Trump and the Abraham Accords
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The rise and rise of Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far-right politician holding the key to Israel’s next coalition
The far-right provocateur and ultranationalist has been charged with crimes more than 50 times and convicted in eight cases, but his bloc is on track to wield significant power after the Nov. 1 election.
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$2 million initiative aims to recruit more Jewish poll workers
‘We operate under the assumption that democracy is fragile,’ said Aaron Dorfman, the executive director of the project
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