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Hasidic Measles Emergency In New York Suburb Blindsides Latino Domestic Workers
Esperanza, a domestic worker in a suburb of New York City, cleans the homes of four ultra-Orthodox families every week for $12 an hour. About a month ago, the mother of one of the families called Esperanza and told her not to come: All seven of her children, including her seven-month-old baby girl, had measles….
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Who Is Merrick Garland — Besides The Jewish Supreme Court Justice Who Wasn’t?
Update, 10:17 p.m.: This article was updated on April 1, 2019 to include context in the first three paragraphs about why Merrick Garland’s name is repeatedly invoked in national partisan debate. It happens regularly. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will bemoan what he calls the Democrats’ reluctance to confirm many of President Trump’s nominees, as…
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Here’s What It’s Like To Celebrate The Jewish Sabbath On An Air Force Base
No matter where a Jew is, Shabbat starts at sundown. Except when it doesn’t, as at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. There, due to Air Force orders, services for the Jewish Sabbath start hours before the light begins to fade. The rabbi, Captain Shaul Rappeport, lives placidly with this quirk of custom. It’s…
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Gravestones Are Mockingly Vandalized, And Those Left Behind Mourn A Second Time
Four pebbles balance on the headstone of Rose Gitlin, signs of a Jewish rite so ancient its origins are unknown. The Talmud says stones root departed souls to the earth. They also last longer than flowers. The superstitious offer them as a protection against demons and golems. Above Rose Gitlin’s name, below the stones, an…
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Anti-Semitism Struck A High-Minded Organic Grocery. Then Management Messed Up.
Update, March 25, 2019, 3:01 p.m.: Adds that William Sullivan was arrested and charged with a hate crime. An organic health and vitamin store in New York state’s hippie-chic Hudson Valley was a surprising place to experience anti-Semitism and then a lack of sympathy, but 18-year-old Sarah Shabanowitz said that’s what happened to her. And…
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Christians Are Studying Torah — In Israel And Online — To Get Closer To Jesus
'As Christians, we believe in Jesus and that Jesus was a Jew'
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New Law Opens Door To Sex Abuse Lawsuits, Starting With Alleged Victims At Y.U.
Three years ago, Mordechai Twersky seemed to have run out of options in his fight to hold Yeshiva University accountable for the abuse he says he suffered decades ago as a student at its high school. Two separate federal judges had decided that the lawsuits he and other former students had filed, claiming that the…
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Will You See Blackface At Your Purim Party — Even After Another National Debate?
Somehow, a teenager wearing blackface got into the Purim party. That much was obvious to the black Jewish woman who pointed him out to the organizers of the party, hosted by Chabad-Lubavitch of South La Cienaga, a Jewish community center in Los Angeles. Despite the fact that his face was completely covered in black makeup,…
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David Irving Holocaust Denier Leads Tour Of Nazi Death Camps
(JTA) — British Holocaust denier David Irving is planning to lead a tour of Nazi death camps. Irving is taking deposits on his website for the tour of Nazi historical sites scheduled for September, the U.K. Jewish News reported. The nine-day tour, which costs $3,650, is scheduled to visit Treblinka, Sobibor, Belzec and Majdanek. Publicity…
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Muslim Creates First Indonesian-Hebrew Dictionary To Pursue His Dreams Of Peace
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. If Sapri Sale is like anyone you know, it’s probably Uncle Albert, the gravity-defying character in “Mary Poppins” who loves to laugh long and loud and clear. In his effervescent way, Sale, an Indonesian-born Muslem, announces that the first printing of his Indonesian-Hebrew/Hebrew-Indonesian dictionary — a project…
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Why Do White Supremacists Love Tucker Carlson So Much?
Here’s what white supremacists said about Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson when they thought no one else was looking: “Tucker is really doing divine work.” “A lone voice of reason in the media.” “Tucker is a blessing, def[initely] our guy.” The uproar this past week over numerous recently-uncovered insensitive comments Carlson made on a…
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