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Meet the Jewish funeral cats of Sacramento
Jewish mourning rituals offer a deeply rooted structure to guide a grieving family. And sometimes there's a cat, too
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Politics DeSantis: Israel may need to remove Palestinians from Gaza if it faces a ‘second Holocaust’
DeSantis’ remarks at a Republican presidential debate on Wednesday comes on the eve of opening arguments at The Hague, where Israel faces charges of genocide
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A brief history of the Messianic movement that inspired the tunnel under 770 Eastern Parkway
Experts say the yeshiva students who built it saw themselves as paving the way for the rebbe’s return
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Politics DeSantis to Jewish college students fearing ‘persecution’: Come study in Florida
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, while strongly pro-Israel, has taken heat for campaigning with an anti-Israel congressman and failing to call out antisemitism in his state
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‘I just felt this urgency’: For some, Oct. 7 fueled a renewed dedication to becoming Jewish
Rabbi Adam Mintz told JTA that in the weeks immediately following Oct. 7, he and his colleagues “have found an explosion of people who are interested in beginning to explore conversion"
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ADL counts 3,000 antisemitic incidents since Oct. 7, two-thirds tied to Israel
The group changed its criteria from prior tallies to include more anti-Zionist events and rhetoric
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‘People are afraid’: Advocates warn of crackdown on Arab Israeli students
Some students, their lawyers say, have been thrown out of school for innocuous social media posts
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Israeli LGBTQ soldiers hope the war in Gaza will bolster their fight for equal rights at home
Many LGBTQ Israeli soldiers feel the war has placed their status in stark relief: They have been called to risk their lives on the front lines in Gaza but are denied rights afforded to heterosexual couples at home
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Many Jews criticized Harvard’s Oct. 7 response. Fewer are applauding President Claudine Gay’s resignation.
A campus controversy threatens to heighten Black-Jewish tensions while drafting Jews into ideological battles many never signed up for
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Sports For an Israeli Chicago Bulls’ fan slain on Oct. 7, a final gift from that team’s star forward
DeMar DeRozan signed a jersey in memory of Oron Beilin, who was murdered at the rave near kibbutz Re'im
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He covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on campus. Then the protesters rebuked him.
Jacob Wheeler, a reporter at USC's Annenberg Media, went on hiatus after attacks on his coverage turned personal
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