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Couple trying to retrieve their son’s remains from Gaza say they have new reasons to hope
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New York State to monitor compliance with Holocaust education requirements
Dani Dayan, chairman of Yad Vashem, said in an interview there is still ‘a lot of work to do’ on Holocaust awareness and confronting antisemitism
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After being stabbed, this Boston Chabad rabbi is launching a rabbinical school
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Inside the fierce battle over America’s oldest synagogue
There has been bad blood between two of the most storied U.S. synagogues since the 1880s, with sit-ins, court battles and feuding lawyers. Will peace ever break out between Newport’s Touro Synagogue and Manhattan’s Congregation Shearith Israel?
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‘Make a difference’: Lipstadt decries racism, antisemitism at YU commencement
“Too many people who fight antisemitism do so with a patch on their eye,” Lipstadt told the crowd. “They see antisemitism very clearly but only see it coming from one direction, the political direction which they oppose.”
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New group fears rabbis are drifting away from Zionism
Some clergy worry that the Reform and Conservative movements aren't doing enough to defend Israel
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Books ‘It’s a spiritual earthquake’: When rabbis become sexual abusers
Based on interviews with 84 victims and survivors of sexual abuse, Elana Sztokman’s new book examines how Jewish communities often turn a blind eye to abusers – and even support them.
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The last free-standing synagogue in Detroit is growing fast — and set for a $5 million renovation
Until recently, the 100-year-old Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue was too small to afford a rabbi or staff
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NYC mayor urges Jewish New Yorkers to speak out in support of the police
At a Jewish Heritage Month event, Mayor Eric Adams said he’s got Jews’ backs amid rising antisemitism
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‘Never felt a pain quite like this’: Jews react to Texas school shooting
With 21 people dead, including 19 children, Tuesday’s mass shooting was the worst at a school since the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012
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