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Culture Holy cow! Can one heifer herald the Third Temple — and the end of the world as we know it?
A red heifer calf has been born in Israel, to the delight of controversial Third Temple advocacy groups
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News Protests? What protests? Israel’s tourists enjoy nightlife and holy sites, uninterested in the country’s political strife
In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, tourists continue to flock to holy sites, falafel stands and bars with little care for the mass demonstrations filling streets
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News Trumpets, drums and shouts of ‘Shame, shame’ — scenes from the raucous protests on the streets of Israel
In Jerusalem, demonstrators calmly — and loudly — gathered to continue protesting the country's judicial overhaul
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Opinion On Jerusalem Day, Ethiopian Jews remember those who never reached the Promised Land
Now in the U.S., an Ethiopian Jewish mom recalls her journey as an 8-year-old to Israel
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Opinion Jerusalem Day celebrates the city’s reunification. Great Britain’s cryptic anthem is another story entirely
The hymn ‘Jerusalem’ with words by William Blake glorifies the ancient city — in England
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Opinion On Jerusalem Day, what ‘united’ Jerusalem are people talking about?
The reality of Jerusalem is far more divided and inequitable than Jerusalem Day proponents would have you believe
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Politics In Jerusalem, DeSantis tries to outstump Trump
Here are four things the Florida governor is trying to accomplish in Israel ahead of his anticipated presidential campaign launch
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Opinion ‘Next year in Jerusalem’ has grounded Diaspora Jews for centuries. Does the unrest in Israel change that?
Given the recent protests in Israel, the metaphorical Jerusalem is a more realistic aspiration this Passover
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News A Jewish Republican and Muslim Democrat are suddenly in a tight race for a special seat in Congress
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Film & TV What Gal Gadot has said about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Fast Forward Cory Booker proclaims, ‘Hineni’ — I am here — 19 hours into anti-Trump Senate speech
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News Who would protect New York Jews better? Cuomo and Lander trade attacks on the campaign trail
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News Rabbis revolt over LGBTQ+ club, exposing fight over queer acceptance at Yeshiva University
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Opinion In Qatargate fiasco, Netanyahu’s ‘witch hunt’ narrative takes cues from Trump
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Yiddish די הגדה ווי אַ לעבעדיקער דענקמאָל פֿון אַשכּנזישער פּאָעזיעThe Haggadah as a living monument to Ashkenazi poetry
אַמאָל זענען די פּייטנים, מיסטישע דיכטער־וויזיאָנערן, געווען אויבן־אָן בײַ די פֿראַנצויזישע און דײַטשישע ייִדן.
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