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British soccer’s Premier League endorses international Holocaust group’s definition of anti-Semitism

The real story behind ‘Mank,’ the new movie about the Jewish screenwriter who brought us ‘Citizen Kane’

The story of Herman Mankiewicz’s career and the tumultuous making of “Citizen Kane” has a Jewish side.

Culture

How Hanukkah returned to Amsterdam’s Royal Concert Hall decades after the Holocaust

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High-school student leads effort to preserve Vermont’s oldest Jewish cemetery

Politics

Democratic centrists succeed pro-Israel stalwarts Engel and Lowey as chairs of key House panels

United States

New York Young Republicans call Andrew Cuomo aide a ‘court Jew’

The Amsterdam building that used to house the Reform Seminary and children's detainment facility where Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk helped saved hundreds of Jewish children. (Luuk Kramer/Courtesy of the Jewish Cultural Quarter of Amsterdam)

Global

Historical novel on Holland’s largest Holocaust rescue operation slammed for ‘awful’ errors

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 4, 2020 1:13 pm

Culture

‘Jeopardy!’ just had a Yiddish category with words like ‘schlep’ and ‘nosh’

By Lior Zaltzman December 3, 2020 11:07 am

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Culture

A short film offers new perspective on Birthright — through the eyes of Russian Jews

By Stephen Silver December 3, 2020 10:55 am

OPINION

Opinion

What does the Supreme Court decision actually change for synagogues in COVID hot spots? It’s complicated.

Opinion

Justice Neil Gorsuch suggested New York’s COVID restrictions hold back Orthodox Jewish women. The truth is far more complicated.

Opinion

The Supreme Court’s repeal of synagogue restrictions won’t change anything for Orthodox congregations like mine

Global

EU invites all member states to adopt definition of anti-Semitism that includes Israel hatred

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 3, 2020 8:22 am

Politics

The pandemic is making visible how important religious liberty is to Orthodox Jews in America

By Shira Hanau December 2, 2020 4:41 pm

Global

6 prominent Holocaust survivors have died in Europe over the past month

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 2, 2020 3:32 pm

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The real story behind ‘Mank,’ the new movie about the Jewish screenwriter who brought us ‘Citizen Kane’

How Hanukkah returned to Amsterdam’s Royal Concert Hall decades after the Holocaust

US

High-school student leads effort to preserve Vermont’s oldest Jewish cemetery

Democratic centrists succeed pro-Israel stalwarts Engel and Lowey as chairs of key House panels

New York Young Republicans call Andrew Cuomo aide a ‘court Jew’

Historical novel on Holland’s largest Holocaust rescue operation slammed for ‘awful’ errors

‘Jeopardy!’ just had a Yiddish category with words like ‘schlep’ and ‘nosh’

A short film offers new perspective on Birthright — through the eyes of Russian Jews

OPINION

What does the Supreme Court decision actually change for synagogues in COVID hot spots? It’s complicated.

Justice Neil Gorsuch suggested New York’s COVID restrictions hold back Orthodox Jewish women. The truth is far more complicated.

The Supreme Court’s repeal of synagogue restrictions won’t change anything for Orthodox congregations like mine

EU invites all member states to adopt definition of anti-Semitism that includes Israel hatred

The pandemic is making visible how important religious liberty is to Orthodox Jews in America

6 prominent Holocaust survivors have died in Europe over the past month

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Top U.K. soccer club gets Israeli coach

Kissinger, Mrs. Meir Meet for 3 Hours; Concern Mounts in Israel Over Talks

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