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  • Piecing together Jewish pasts in Poland

    July 14, 2009 12:23am

    A Jewish awakening in Poland has many Poles discovering their Jewish roots and many Diaspora Jews exploring their Polish Jewish heritage.

  • British Jewry rising

    May 20, 2008 9:00am

    The Jewish population in Britain grew for the first time since World War II, University of Manchester researchers said.

  • Workshop on welcoming GLBT Jews

    May 20, 2008 9:00am

    An advocacy group for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Jews runs a three-day workshop on providing community educators with the tools to provide a more welcoming atmosphere.

  • Kosher workers allege sex abuse

    May 20, 2008 9:00am

    Former workers at the nation’s largest kosher slaughterhouse allege they were the victims of sexual abuse.

  • Fifth swastika found on N. Dakota campus

    May 20, 2008 9:00am

    Another swastika was scrawled on a building at the University of North Dakota.

  • Court OKs Talansky deposition

    May 20, 2008 9:00am

    Israel’s Supreme Court will allow prosecutors to depose the U.S. businessman at the heart of a scandal involving Ehud Olmert.

  • Israeli airstrikes kill 3

    May 20, 2008 9:00am

    Israeli airstrikes killed three Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

  • Israel hit on handling of Ethiopians

    May 20, 2008 9:00am

    A state audit faulted Israel’s handling of recent Ethiopian immigrants.

  • Going the route on Passover

    April 22, 2008 9:00am

    For a holiday celebrated by more Jews than any other for its universal theme of freedom and ease of celebrating at home, liberation for many comes only when Passover has passed over because of the food restrictions.

  • Talking elections at policy conference

    February 26, 2008 10:00am

    With the approach of the pivotal March 4 primaries, many of the roughly 400 people attending the JCPA conference, a bastion of liberal Democrats even among Jews, were grappling with the political endgame.