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Yeshiva University plans to eliminate in-person Hebrew courses indefinitely

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J Street and Americans for Peace Now back bill that restricts Israeli spending of US aid

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

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

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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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Polish Jewish leader quits Auschwitz museum board over right-wing politician’s appointment

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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

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Former ADL chief Abe Foxman says he would still give an award to Rupert Murdoch

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When a colleague compared a mental health bill to the Holocaust, she interrupted him. Meet Jewish Maryland lawmaker Shane Pendergrass.

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Henderson, Nev., has a growing Jewish population. Here’s what locals love about living Jewishly in the desert.

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

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Yeshiva University plans to eliminate in-person Hebrew courses indefinitely

J Street and Americans for Peace Now back bill that restricts Israeli spending of US aid

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

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

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

Polish Jewish leader quits Auschwitz museum board over right-wing politician’s appointment

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

Former ADL chief Abe Foxman says he would still give an award to Rupert Murdoch

When a colleague compared a mental health bill to the Holocaust, she interrupted him. Meet Jewish Maryland lawmaker Shane Pendergrass.

Henderson, Nev., has a growing Jewish population. Here’s what locals love about living Jewishly in the desert.

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