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An Israeli doctor tested positive for Omicron but infected few of his close contacts

Only one of the 50 people the doctor interacted with closely tested positive, giving scientists hope that the variant may not be more contagious than previous ones.

Israel’s health minister wants to make it easier for women to get abortions

Nitzan Horowitz said women should be allowed to abort in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy without approval by a hospital committee.

In Ghana for ‘spiritual cleansing,’ NYC Mayor-elect Eric Adams celebrates Hanukkah with Chabad

Like Adams, Ghana’s Chabad rabbi, Noach Majesky, is from Brooklyn.

New York

The Hamptons home where Adrien Brody lived on ‘Succession’ was actually owned by a Jewish millionaire — and has that mezuzah

United States

Kamala Harris and Douglas Emhoff wanted an appropriate menorah. They turned to the ‘Mensch of Malden Mills.’

Global

New graphic novel tells the story of Malaysia’s lost Jewish community

United States

Another woman joins sexual abuse lawsuit against Orthodox groups that employed Baruch Lanner

Global

University of Toronto student union walks back BDS resolution that had called for a ban on kosher foods

Global

Video shows London Jews’ Hanukkah party bus being intimidated, spat on

Global

Dutch far-left party says it wants to end ‘inherently racist’ Holocaust memorial event

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