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First Person Israelis like turkey. So why is Thanksgiving such a challenge here?
For American immigrants, getting a turkey dinner on the table isn’t so simple
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Fast Forward ‘Not a theocracy’: Proposed change to Israel’s Law of Return sparks concern
The results of Israel’s recent election skewed toward right-wing candidates, some of whom want to restrict who the country welcomes under its Law of Return
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News Pence defends Trump’s ‘both sides’ comments and record on antisemitism
In a new book, Mike Pence hails the Trump administration's Israel policy and shares details of a Friday night pizza meal with Jared Kushner
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Sports Why Jews (and everyone else) should boycott the World Cup this year
Thousands have died or withstood inhumane conditions in order to bring this global sporting event to Qatar
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News ADL will take over a Jewish investment fund to fight BDS
The JLens Investor Network promotes socially responsible investing in the Jewish community while aggressively advocating for Israel
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Fast Forward Netanyahu: Normalizing Israeli-Saudi relations would end the Arab-Israeli conflict
The next Israeli prime minister said an accord is in reach and would yield widespread peace
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Fast Forward Israeli archaeologists find first whole sentence written in Canaanite. On a lice comb
The earliest sentence found in Israel petitions the gods, but not to rain down good fortune or extirpate the foe
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Film & TV On ‘Love is Blind,’ Alexa Alfia found antisemitism — but also a husband
Early support for Alexa and Brennon turned when Alexa's Judaism and her Israeli family took center stage
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Film & TV The new ‘Superman’ is being called anti-Israel, but does that make it pro-Palestine?
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Fast Forward Tucker Carlson calls for stripping citizenship from Americans who served in the Israeli army
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Opinion This German word explains Trump’s authoritarian impulses — and Hitler’s rise to power
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Music ‘No matter what, I will always be a Jew.’ Billy Joel opens up about his family’s Holocaust history
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Fast Forward 31st anniversary of AMIA bombing marked by ceremonies in Argentina, Israel and, for the first time, Congress
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Fast Forward Mike Huckabee to Israel: End hostile treatment of Christian allies
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Fast Forward Connie Francis, 20th-century star turned TikTok sensation, recorded an album of Jewish songs in 1960
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