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Born and raised Jewish, the man leading 19 years of protests against a Michigan synagogue embraces antisemitic tropes
Henry Herskovitz denies the Holocaust and believes that antisemitism is rooted in 'bad Jewish behavior'
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‘Inca Jews’ get a closer look in new book about Peru’s unlikely mass conversion
The saga of the Bnei Moshe — and their battle for acceptance by Peru’s and Israel’s Jewish leadership — unspools in 'The Prophet of the Andes: An Unlikely Journey to the Promised Land'
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Their wilderness-inspired Jewish wedding featured an animal-skin ketubah and ‘first fruits’ altar
Adi Aboody and Ophir Haberer, who began dating last September, married in Sebastopol, California.
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Sports 50 years after making it to the baseball Hall of Fame, here’s how Sandy Koufax did it
The Brooklyn southpaw who famously skipped a World Series game on Yom Kippur may have been the greatest Jewish athlete ever
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Sports How LA’s Jewish high schools became NBA summer hotspots
A sanctuary for superstars and a brush of fame for hoops-obsessed high schoolers
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Sports He brought Madonna and world-class cycling to Israel. Now he’s eyeing the World Cup.
Philanthropist Sylvan Adams said he doesn't personally care about soccer, but wants to score a major goal for his adopted nation
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‘What was I doing when I was their age?’ Six Jewish teens, out to change the world
This year’s 15 Diller Tikkun Olam awardees are moving the dial on issues like the refugee crisis, climate change and LGBTQ+ inclusion
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This Jewish Ukrainian professor could still be teaching. He chose to go to war instead.
'For more than a dozen years I had been teaching students what civic duty is. For me, those words mean something,' said Maksym Gon, 56.
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Meet the Jewish judge who helped protect abortion in Kansas
Eric Rosen joined the 2019 Kansas Supreme Court decision that found a constitutional right to abortion
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How Andy Levin’s defeat in Michigan was — and wasn’t — all about AIPAC
AIPAC’s super PAC spent $4.2 million to boost Rep. Haley Stevens, who was considered the frontrunner from the start
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Sports Slow fastballs, tech wizardry and the perfect name: Meet the newest Jewish major leaguer
Jake Fishman’s heater may not touch 90, but it was effective in his MLB debut
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יעקבֿ פֿינקלמאַן באַשרײַבט אויך זײַן לאַנגיאָריקן פֿאַך — ווי ער האָט צוגעשטעלט וויסן אין טעלעקאָמוניקאַציע איבער דער וועלט
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Opinion Want to understand what’s wrong with the ‘pro-Palestine’ movement? This Palestinian can help
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