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News Meet Ambassador Lipstadt’s second-in-command, once dubbed the ‘Orthodox political wunderkind’
Aaron Keyak, the State Department's deputy antisemitism envoy, is on a monthlong trip to the Middle East to discuss global antisemitism and tolerance
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News The last schnitzel: End of an era for Israel’s famed Penguin restaurant
In town founded by Jews fleeing Hitler, The Penguin is among the last public vestiges of Nahariya’s German roots
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Books ‘He sounds like a child’: What Trump really thought of Kushner, and more highlights from Maggie Haberman’s new book
Former President Donald Trump often diminished and mocked Jared Kushner despite giving him an outsized role in the White House, the tell-all book claims
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Fast Forward Germany’s public broadcaster mandates that all employees support Israel’s right to exist
Deutsche Welle's revised conduct code appears to be timed to strengthen the company's hand in future employee termination cases
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Opinion Israeli city refuses to allow a synagogue for Reform congregation. We’re suing
In Israel, funds for synagogue construction are channeled almost exclusively to the ultra-Orthodox
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Books Kushner offered to pay to get the Abraham Accords ceremony on White House lawn, a new book reports
The book by veteran political correspondents Peter Baker and Susan Glasser offers behind-the-scenes anecdotes about Kushner, Trump and the Abraham Accords
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Film & TV Who is Sabra, Marvel’s Israeli superhero?
Shira Haas will star as MCU's Israeli answer to Captain America – people have opinions
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Fast Forward ‘I am coming’: NY Gov. Kathy Hochul announces forthcoming Israel trip
Hochul planned to spend Thanksgiving in Israel in 2021 but postponed it in wake of Andrew Cuomo’s resignation
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Fast Forward As Israel attacks Iran, Jews around the world open their Psalmbooks
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