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Boston’s Jews are getting a ‘Jewish tavern’ to study religious text — and drink beer
This Jewish tavern from the co-creators of Sefaria and PocketTorah aims to revolutionize Jewish communal spaces, in the spirit of the Frankfurt Lehrhaus of the 1920s
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In crowded race for Congress, Dan Goldman makes the Jewish case for Brooklyn seat
Goldman is one of four Jewish candidates running in the Aug. 23 primary for the open seat once represented by veteran Rep. Jerry Nadler
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He lobbied for Nazis — why does a Jewish museum honor him?
A longstanding tribute to Gen. Julius Klein at a Jewish military museum, funded by his family, raises eyebrows
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How a New York Jew wound up trying to help an Afghan man he met on Clubhouse
Nat Rosenzweig said the luck that allowed his grandmother to escape the Holocaust inspired him to act after Sayed entered his chat room
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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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