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Meet the teenaged girl who read the Talmud in just 2.5 years, flouting gender and speed norms

Elke Bentley, 18, read the whole Babylonian Talmud five years faster than the traditional reading cycle as Jewish women have had to fight for their access to read Jewish texts.

What to expect when Benjamin Netanyahu comes to Washington

Netanyahu is set to deliver a history-making fourth address to Congress — but there’s a lot that could yet get in the way.

New York Nosh

Barney Greengrass, popular UWS deli, collaborates with an unlikely partner: Nordstrom

The 116-year-old Jewish eatery is spotlighted in the department store’s “For Everything New York” campaign.

Garrett Stubbs, Ryan Lavarnway and Noah Mendlinger

Sports

The Jewish Sport Report: How playing for Team Israel changed Garrett Stubbs’ relationship with the country he still hopes to visit

Global

Russia sentences Jewish-American journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in maximum security prison

United States

Suspect in killing of Detroit synagogue leader Samantha Woll cleared of premeditated murder but could face 2nd trial

Global

Andorra’s 73 Jews are proud of their tiny community. Just don’t call their home base a synagogue.

Israel

1 killed, 10 injured in Tel Aviv as drone shot from Yemen explodes in city center

Politics

Donald Trump accepts party nomination after a week in which Israel was extolled and isolationists were given center stage

Culture

Adidas said it will ‘revise’ 1972 Olympic sneaker campaign that features Palestinian-American activist Bella Hadid

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