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

An American Jewish convert to Islam, now living in Malaysia, authored a new history of the country’s once-flourishing Jewish community.

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

Leaders at the Orthodox Union, which is being sued, told board members that they are “firmly committed to operating in a manner that is consistent with the highest Torah and legal standards.”

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

An earlier resolution said groups should try to get kosher food from institutions that do not “normalize Israeli apartheid.”

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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

United States

Stuart Weitzman gift allows National Museum of American Jewish History to buy back building it lost in bankruptcy

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