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News In LA, like New York, one candidate has courted the Orthodox community. Will it lift him to victory?
Hard-line positions on homelessness, law enforcement and Israel have made Rick Caruso lawn signs ubiquitous in Orthodox neighborhoods
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Fast Forward Move to make daylight saving time permanent stalls in Congress, easing worries of Orthodox Jews
The Sunshine Protection Act would result in later sunrises and sunsets, and make morning prayers difficult for many observant Jews
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Books Still pining for John McCain, a ‘Big Guy’ seeks to take back his country
In A.M. Homes' novel 'The Unfolding,' the Jewish author imagines a life antithetical to her own
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Fast Forward Lula da Silva defeats Bolsonaro, earning cheers and boos from divided Brazilian Jewish community
Brazil’s largest Jewish organization said it is ready for 'constructive and democratic dialogue' with the new president, who has a rocky history with the Jewish community
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News There are no Jews in the Alabama legislature. That could soon change.
Raised in Manhattan, Phil Ensler was inspired by the civil rights movement to move to the Deep South and work on racial justice issues
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News ‘Off the wall’: What the Jewish man slurred in leaked LA city council recording has to say about it
‘I’ve been doing this a long time,' said former State Assemblymember Richard Katz. 'But I've never seen anything quite like this before'
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Film & TV The chillingly evil Angela Lansbury performance that will stand the test of time
Obit writers have focused on 'Murder, She Wrote' and 'Mame,' but 'The Manchurian Candidate' is the one that will be remembered
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Fast Forward Georgia Republican compared companies providing abortion access to Nazi persecution of Jews
A Jewish state representative said he was ‘disgusted and angry’ after hearing the remarks
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