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Why is Israel’s governing coalition falling apart? The players, the ironies and the possible outcomes explained
Ten months into a so-called “change government” that ousted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after 12 years and four elections, Israel is facing another political crisis, triggered not by a security crisis or budget woes, but by a spat over rules for Passover food in hospitals. On Wednesday, the coalition government led by Prime Minister Naftali…
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Remembering Holocaust survivor, author and Oscar winner Gerda Weissmann Klein, a ‘testament to tenacity’
Gerda Weissmann Klein, the Holocaust survivor, author, speaker, and activist died on April 3, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 97. Her book, “All But My Life,” first written 1957 and continuously in print for the past 65 years, was among the earliest Holocaust memoirs. Her riveting survivor testimony is shown as the…
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Blue and yellow macaroons? Jews find ways to add Ukraine to their Seders
Suzy Appelbaum sees her Passover Seders as teaching moments. This year, even though the Manhattan community activist is not making her own, she was determined to find ways to remember the war in Ukraine in her friends’ and family’s holiday celebration. “Doing nothing is not an option,” said Appelbaum. She was moved by the Hamantaschen…
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Sports ‘March Madness for Jews’: Why the Sarachek tournament is such a big Orthodox deal
For all the ways the sport unifies the Orthodox world, there is nothing like basketball to draw out its differences.
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Democratic members of Congress will gather to denounce Iran deal under negotiation
More than a dozen Democratic members of Congress are expected to speak out on Wednesday against a potential agreement that would see the U.S. and Iran return to a nuclear deal, in which Iran accepts limitations on its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. The 15 House Members will “raise concerns about the looming…
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Exclusive | 1980s conviction overturned due to antisemitism; juror complained of ‘rich, New York Jews’
When Barry Jacobson purchased a vacation home for his family in the Berkshires, there was little reason to think he knew how much grief it would cause him. After pouring money into repairs on the property, the well ran dry and left it without water. Then someone broke in and stole more than $20,000 in…
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Chabad hosts Congress for bipartisan conference celebrating Judaism and the Lubavitcher Rebbe
On a rare occasion of bipartisanship in the nation’s capital, members of Congress – from both sides of the aisle – came together to address a group of Chabad rabbis and supporters, peppering their speeches with Hebrew and Yiddish terms and noting their faith and commitment to religious rights and the well-being of the Jewish…
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Chicago synagogue officially designates itself ‘anti-Zionist’
Tzedek Chicago was founded seven years ago, in part, to create a Jewish community free from a strong attachment to Israel. The congregation went beyond its original “non-Zionism” this week to become what is likely the first synagogue in the country to be affirmatively “anti-Zionist.” “I’m so proud of the thoughtful way we engaged with…
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I lost my non-Jewish aunt. Could I sit shiva for her?
At the start of this year, I received news that my aunt, who lived in Scotland, where my mother and her seven siblings were born and raised, had lost her nearly five-year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. That following Friday night proved more difficult than I could have anticipated. I’m in my senior year of college,…
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‘Yes, you can bench-press me’: Remembering a 50-pound Jewish disabilities advocate who matched fierce with funny
Sheryl Grossman once told me that her goal was to become the oldest person with Bloom’s Syndrome, a genetic disorder so rare that doctors have recorded fewer than 400 cases since it was named in 1954. One in four of those afflicted with the disease, like my friend Sheryl, are Ashkenazi Jews; most died before…
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‘Jewish blood helps’: In Ukraine, what once held people back now speeds them to safety
BUCHAREST — Victoria Astakhova, a 66-year-old construction engineer from Kyiv, grew up in the Soviet era, when the stamp on her identity card subjected her to antisemitism from neighbors and limits on how high she could advance at work. “In college,” she recalled, “when my dorm mate discovered my card was stamped ‘Jew,’ she didn’t…
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