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Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue building will reopen as a ‘center for Jewish life in the United States’

The shooting that left 11 dead a year ago left the building “unsuitable for worship,” the congregations said in a statement.

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Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue building will reopen as a ‘center for Jewish life in the United States’

Pittsburgh synagogue shooting survivor opens up about losing her mother in the attack

CULTURE

Sacha Baron Cohen makes Nazi analogy to slam Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook policy

‘Jojo Rabbit’ doesn’t glorify Nazis — it’s a lesson in how hate is taught

How Tel Aviv’s Pussycat strip club became a Jewish values center

The Jewish arguments at the heart of Trump’s judicial nominee controversy

The Tell: Stuck outside of Columbus with the Pittsburgh blues again

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Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is making a political comeback in Argentina, and the Jews there are split

How Germany is rethinking security for its Jewish community following the Yom Kippur synagogue attack

British teacher fired for threatening to send Jewish students to gas chambers

Harold Bloom dreamed in Yiddish until his death

Elijah Cummings, congressman who built bridges between African-American and Jewish communities, dies at 68

‘A Serious Man’ came out 10 years ago. Here’s what real rabbis think of the Coen brothers film.

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