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Ukraine asked Alexander Vindman to be its defense minister, and other takeaways from his impeachment testimony

The Jewish National Security Council staffer pushed back against allegations that he is more loyal to interests in his native Ukraine than the United States.

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Trump administration, in change of US policy, says Israeli settlements aren’t illegal

CULTURE

A rendering of the exterior of the proposed "SynaCondo." (Courtesy of Esther Sperber)

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These Manhattan synagogues want to become condominiums

Culture

Sacha Baron Cohen to be honored by ADL for his ‘vision, imagination and creativity’

Culture

Anne Frank’s childhood friend tells the story of the German official who saved her family

Global

Labour’s anti-Semitism problem is an election issue for non-Jews, too

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 15, 2019 2:31 pm

Edward Mosberg, center, and Jonny Daniels, right, celebrating with Jozef Walaszczyk his centenary birthday party in Warsaw, Poland on Nov. 14, 2019. (From the Depths)

Global

Holocaust rescuer gets a surprise 100th birthday party in Poland

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 15, 2019 1:01 pm

This week's news about the impeachment hearings featured several Jews. (Getty Images/JTA Montage)

Politics

The Tell: The Jewish players in impeachment

By Ron Kampeas November 15, 2019 12:59 pm

OPINION

Opinion

I travel the world getting tattoos and I’m Jewish — it’s not a contradiction

Opinion

I have been fighting for ultra-Orthodox students for nearly a decade. New York’s new regulations are vital for them.

Opinion

As an Orthodox educator, New York’s new regulations would undermine my ability to serve my students

Politics

5 Jewish things to know about Deval Patrick

By Josefin Dolsten November 15, 2019 11:23 am

Yair Golan during a tour of the Plenary Hall at the Knesset on September 25, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel

Yair Golan was once Netanyahu’s pick to head the army. Now he calls him a ‘coward.’

By Ben Sales November 14, 2019 4:24 pm

Alina Feoktistova at the Tikva Jewish education complex in Odessa, Ukraine on Nov. 2, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Global

In Ukraine, aid for needy Jews comes with a catch

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 14, 2019 2:23 pm

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Ukraine asked Alexander Vindman to be its defense minister, and other takeaways from his impeachment testimony

Trump administration, in change of US policy, says Israeli settlements aren’t illegal

CULTURE

These Manhattan synagogues want to become condominiums

Sacha Baron Cohen to be honored by ADL for his ‘vision, imagination and creativity’

Anne Frank’s childhood friend tells the story of the German official who saved her family

Labour’s anti-Semitism problem is an election issue for non-Jews, too

Holocaust rescuer gets a surprise 100th birthday party in Poland

The Tell: The Jewish players in impeachment

OPINION

I travel the world getting tattoos and I’m Jewish — it’s not a contradiction

I have been fighting for ultra-Orthodox students for nearly a decade. New York’s new regulations are vital for them.

As an Orthodox educator, New York’s new regulations would undermine my ability to serve my students

5 Jewish things to know about Deval Patrick

Yair Golan was once Netanyahu’s pick to head the army. Now he calls him a ‘coward.’

In Ukraine, aid for needy Jews comes with a catch

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Specter Becomes Only Jewish Senator to Break Party Rank on Impeachment Vote

Impeachment Proceedings Against Nixon Downplayed in Israel

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