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Trump refuses to condemn white supremacy, urges antisemitic Proud Boys to ‘Stand by’
In response to a question about whether he would condemn white supremacists and militia groups and ask them to stay peaceful in the coming weeks and months, President Trump singled out the Proud Boys, a racist and antisemitic white supremacist group and told them to “stand by.” “Are you willing tonight to condemn white supremacists…
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Israel, conspiracy theories, antisemitism: What to look for at tonight’s debate
Former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump will face off Tuesday night in the first presidential debate ahead of this November’s election. The moderator, Chris Wallace of Fox News (who is Jewish himself, and the son of journalists) has chosen to ask the candidates about each of their records, the Supreme Court, the…
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He was famous for fighting antisemitism. Now, his antisemitic statements are out.
A Saudi official who received an award for his work fighting antisemitism and racism in June made antisemitic comments on a Saudi radio program in 2014, according to a report released Monday by a Washington, D.C. think tank that is critical of the Saudi government. Muslim World League Secretary General Dr. Mohammed al-Issa, among the…
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This Yom Kippur, Istanbul’s Karaites look back on a proud past and forward into an uncertain future
Will one of Judaism’s oldest communities survive another generation? For the past two years, the Karaite Qahal in Istanbul’s Haskoy neighborhood has been almost empty for the High Holidays. This Yom Kippur will likely be no different. For an overwhelmingly elderly community, the novel coronavirus pandemic hasn’t helped, nor has the fact that in 2017,…
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A Yom Kippur interview with NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins: ‘I count on God’
Just prior to Yom Kippur, Director of the National Institutes of Health Dr. Francis Collins sat for a Zoom interview with Rabbi Naomi Levy about God and the pandemic. Dr. Collins, a devout Christian, leads the United States’ search for treatments and a vaccine for COVID-19. Rabbi Levy is the founder and spiritual leader of…
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Birthing babies – and equality – in the maternity ward
This article is adapted from The Branch, a monthly podcast exploring individual relationships between Jews and Arabs, Israelis and Palestinians. The Branch is produced by Hadassah and created by Dina Kraft, a journalist based in Tel Aviv. Sign up here to listen to episodes and be notified when new episodes are published. When Gila Zarbiv…
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As Yom Kippur gets closer, Orthodox doctors’ calls for more caution trigger tension
Orthodox Jewish doctors are triggering a debate about safety and freedom as they sound increasingly loud alarms about the need for more caution heading into the holiest day of the Jewish year, Yom Kippur, citing an increase in COVID-19 cases in their communities. “Do we all have such a short collective memory of what happened…
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A kosher winery creates a prayer space during COVID-19
The crush is in full swing in Northern California, which in the age of COVID-19 means one thing for the congregants of Congregation Beth Israel: time to leave the parking lot. For months beginning last spring, about 20 men and women from the region’s largest Orthodox synagogue would arrive at the large parking lot of…
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Stitching together a friendship amidst the turmoil
This article is adapted from The Branch, a monthly podcast exploring individual relationships between Jews and Arabs, Israelis and Palestinians. The Branch is produced by Hadassah and created by Dina Kraft, a journalist based in Tel Aviv. Sign up here to listen to episodes and be notified when new episodes are published. Umm al-Fahm, Israel….
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Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt spoke at the Capitol as Ruth Bader Ginsburg lay in state Friday
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s rabbi spoke on Friday at the Capitol building as the body of Supreme Court justice, feminist icon and Jew arrived for the high honor of lying in state for two days. She spoke about a framed piece of art in Justice Ginsburg’s chambers that said tzedek, tzedek tirdof, “Justice, justice you must…
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High turnout at virtual Rosh Hashanah leaves rabbis relieved, but money woes persist
Mishkan, a congregation in Chicago, registered 2,500 guests for Rosh Hashanah services, compared to 1,900 last year. At B’nai Jeshurun in New York, a slate of virtual Rosh Hashanah offerings drew about 10,000 users, three times the number of members and guests the synagogue hosts in a typical year. Although it’s too soon to say…
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