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Some Democratic lawmakers, including Joaquin Castro and Rashida Tlaib, criticize Israel on vaccines for Palestinians

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A major American Jewish coalition adopted the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism. What that means may vary for its members.

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An Israeli leader consoled Nancy Pelosi in 2016 with a poem. It sustained her throughout the Trump presidency.

By Ron Kampeas January 25, 2021 3:41 pm

Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, speaks about combating racism at the Reform Biennial in Chicago on December 12, 2019. (Courtesy of the Union for Reform Judaism)

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Reform movement: IHRA definition of anti-Semitism is helpful but should not be codified into law

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The Jewish Council of Amsterdam, the Netherlands during World War II. (Courtesy of the Jewish Cultural Quarter of Amsterdam)

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In Amsterdam, the personal card of every Holocaust victim returns to Jewish hands

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After 7-year saga, Israeli woman charged with child sex abuse in Australia is extradited

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HBO Max’s next Israeli show: ‘Possessions,’ a thriller about a French woman caught in a murder case

Opinion

Shortly after I began converting to Judaism, I found myself in a hot tub full of neo-Nazis

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Larry King, legendary Jewish TV interviewer, dies at 87

By Ron Kampeas January 23, 2021 4:17 pm

Culture

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Some Democratic lawmakers, including Joaquin Castro and Rashida Tlaib, criticize Israel on vaccines for Palestinians

A major American Jewish coalition adopted the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism. What that means may vary for its members.

Top children’s books feature a Passover tale and 2 coming-of-age debut novels

In this exclusive ‘Finding Your Roots’ clip, journalist Nina Totenberg learns of a family member’s daring Holocaust escape

An Israeli leader consoled Nancy Pelosi in 2016 with a poem. It sustained her throughout the Trump presidency.

Reform movement: IHRA definition of anti-Semitism is helpful but should not be codified into law

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In Amsterdam, the personal card of every Holocaust victim returns to Jewish hands

After 7-year saga, Israeli woman charged with child sex abuse in Australia is extradited

HBO Max’s next Israeli show: ‘Possessions,’ a thriller about a French woman caught in a murder case

Shortly after I began converting to Judaism, I found myself in a hot tub full of neo-Nazis

Larry King, legendary Jewish TV interviewer, dies at 87

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