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B’nai Jeshurun, renowned Upper West Side congregation, celebrates its 200th anniversary

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Harvard Divinity School appoints professor who has criticized Zionism to new Jewish studies role

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Israel strikes Iran, against Trump’s urging, and warns Israelis to expect counterattack

A Jewish bridge builder’s burial, 15 years late: The strange afterlife of Lawrence Rubin

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70 years ago, these beach reads explained Jews to America

Jewish teens like me sent a message after the Run for Their Lives attack: We will not cower.

These therapists give a name to the way Jewish distress has been ignored since Oct. 7: ‘Traumatic invalidation’

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Meet Theo Von, the mega-popular podcaster who asked JD Vance about Israel’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza

Parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin call for a ‘day of good deeds’ to mark 613th day of captivity

Brooklyn Pride interfaith service canceled, allegedly over synagogue’s ‘public alignment with pro-Israel positions’

ISRAEL

Bay Area synagogue mobilizes for 2 Palestinian visitors detained at airport

Israel reportedly is preparing for an imminent Iran strike despite Trump’s prior admonitions

5 countries, including UK and Canada, sanction far-right Israeli ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Rashida Tlaib vote ‘present’ on resolution to condemn antisemitic attacks

All San Diego Jewish groups pull out of Pride festival over Kehlani performance, citing ‘serious safety concerns’

Dave Portnoy on his tirades against ‘F— the Jews’ bar patron: ‘I don’t know if it did any good’

New York Jewish Week

In Brooklyn, you can party like it’s the Borscht Belt in 1963

How teenage teaching assistants play a crucial role at one New York City religious school

B’nai Jeshurun, renowned Upper West Side congregation, celebrates its 200th anniversary

Harvard Divinity School appoints professor who has criticized Zionism to new Jewish studies role

How many American Jews are there? A global study of world religions offers a new estimate.

Zohran Mamdani: Even if I wanted to go to Israel as NYC mayor, Israel probably wouldn’t let me

After IDF intercepts Greta Thunberg’s Gaza flotilla, crew posts videos calling themselves ‘kidnapped’

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