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This would be the only national park telling the story of a Jewish American
An effort is underway to honor the Rosenwald schools, created by a son of German Jews to serve rural Black communities
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Armenia has had few Jews and a poor relationship with Israel. That could be changing.
No more than 200 Armenians are Jewish. At least twice that number Russian Jews flooded into Yerevan this summer
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‘Off the wall’: What the Jewish man slurred in leaked LA city council recording has to say about it
‘I’ve been doing this a long time,' said former State Assemblymember Richard Katz. 'But I've never seen anything quite like this before'
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Books Netanyahu memoir: Democrats feeling more leftist pressure on Israel than they publicly admit
In the new book, the former Israeli prime minister details his relations with four US presidents
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Sports How at least one Jewish baseball player has beaten the Koufax jinx and the Kol Nidre curse
Statistics prove that playing on the holiest day of the year can be problematic for some Jewish players — not so for Alex Bregman
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When the Torah cycle ended, their Russian-American romance began
Alex Zeldin and Tamar Caplan were married Aug. 21, 2022, on Long Island
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Was this Jewish prayer book printed before the Gutenberg Bible?
Book dealer Moshe Rosenfeld says he has proof that a Jewish prayer book was printed in southern France in 1444
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Budapest’s Chabad-run Milton Friedman University eyes a major expansion — with more Jewish students a goal
The school’s president wants to use a government grant to make the university a 'major player in Hungarian academia.'
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First Person Sukkot brought hope and warm weather to Kyiv. Then a missile struck blocks from my apartment
"Since the beginning of the war, I had never thought my life was in danger. Monday was the first time that I realized it could have been the end for me."
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U.S. Jewish groups face major dilemma as Israeli far right gains in election polls
In 2019, America’s Jewish establishment raised the alarm on Benjamin Netanyahu legitimizing the most extreme forces in Israeli politics. Three years on, with Itamar Ben-Gvir on the verge of power, their silence is deafening
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The ancient Jewish practice of hakhel, an every-7-years gathering, gets a 21st-century revival
Jews are commanded to hear the Torah recited by the king at the Temple. What happens when neither of those exists?
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