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Israel’s Foreign Ministry plays Jimmy Fallon’s hashtag game — very badly
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Leader of Neturei Karta, extremist anti-Zionist haredi Orthodox group, dies at 87
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Starting Sunday, Israelis won’t be required to wear masks outdoors
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Steven Spielberg launches foundation to fund Jewish-themed documentaries
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2 more historians quit Auschwitz museum board over right-wing politician’s appointment

‘Relieved but disappointed’: How America’s Jewish refugee aid agency is doing 3 months under Biden

HIAS sees Joe Biden as much friendlier than his predecessor, but wants the president to “raise the damn ceiling” now on the number of refugees allowed in the U.S.

Activists hold a banner during a demonstration organized by HIAS outside the U.S. Capitol on September 14, 2017.(Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)

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Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme devastated the Jewish world, dies in prison at 82

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Mahmoud Abbas to address J Street conference

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Leader of Neturei Karta, extremist anti-Zionist haredi Orthodox group, dies at 87

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Steven Spielberg launches foundation to fund Jewish-themed documentaries

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My father’s lesson: Jews must value labor even when they become management

By Rabbi Rachel Timoner April 16, 2021 9:49 am

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For #MeToo transgressors, the only cure is banishment

By Avigayil Halpern April 15, 2021 3:18 pm

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ZOA group ‘elevated white supremacist voices’ but should remain on Boston Jewish council for now, internal report says

By Asaf Shalev April 14, 2021 2:16 pm

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Polish former prime minister Beata Szydło speaks to reported in Warsaw, Poland on July 31, 2016. (Kancelaria Premiera)

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2 more historians quit Auschwitz museum board over right-wing politician’s appointment

Pieter van Oordt, left, with his brother Roger at the Israel Products Center in Nijkerk, the Netherlands, Feb. 19, 2016. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

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Dutch shop fined for omitting the word ‘settlement’ from label of Israeli wine from the West Bank

A picture shows the abandoned Dar Bishi synagogue in the Libyan capital Tripoli on September 28, 2011. (Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty Images)

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Ancient synagogue in Libya being turned into Islamic center, Jewish group says

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Future in question for Chicago Loop Synagogue and its monumental stained-glass window

By Alanna E. Cooper April 14, 2021 11:35 am

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As it did decades ago, Northern Ireland’s Jewish community looks to weather the storm of violence on the streets of Belfast

By Olivia Fletcher April 14, 2021 10:52 am

Culture

Jewish psychedelics movement gets a boost from a laid-off rabbi and a first-ever conference

By David A.M. Wilensky April 14, 2021 10:26 am

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‘Relieved but disappointed’: How America’s Jewish refugee aid agency is doing 3 months under Biden

Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme devastated the Jewish world, dies in prison at 82

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Mahmoud Abbas to address J Street conference

Leader of Neturei Karta, extremist anti-Zionist haredi Orthodox group, dies at 87

Steven Spielberg launches foundation to fund Jewish-themed documentaries

My father’s lesson: Jews must value labor even when they become management

For #MeToo transgressors, the only cure is banishment

ZOA group ‘elevated white supremacist voices’ but should remain on Boston Jewish council for now, internal report says

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2 more historians quit Auschwitz museum board over right-wing politician’s appointment

Dutch shop fined for omitting the word ‘settlement’ from label of Israeli wine from the West Bank

Ancient synagogue in Libya being turned into Islamic center, Jewish group says

Future in question for Chicago Loop Synagogue and its monumental stained-glass window

As it did decades ago, Northern Ireland’s Jewish community looks to weather the storm of violence on the streets of Belfast

Jewish psychedelics movement gets a boost from a laid-off rabbi and a first-ever conference

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