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The Schlep Sisters on stage at the Menorah Horah

Hanukkah 2021: 8 Festival of Lights events that celebrate NYC’s return

Celebrate Hanukkah and the return of NYC’s post-pandemic cultural life with these 8 events.

Justus Rosenberg, professor and last surviving member of group that smuggled intellectuals out of Nazi-held Europe, has died at 100

It wasn’t until he was in his mid-70s that he began to speak about his experiences working as a courier for Varian Fry’s rescue efforts during the Holocaust.

Israel

Israel ignored US warnings that attacks on Iran’s nuclear program were counterproductive, NY Times reports

Israel

1 killed and 4 injured after Hamas assailant opens fire in Jerusalem’s Old City

United States

Jewish community in Helena, Montana seeks to buy back synagogue building sold for $1 in the 1930s

Politics

Pro-Israel pastor apologizes for hosting event where Michael Flynn called for US to have ‘one religion’

Culture

‘My Unorthodox Life’ couple Batsheva Haart and Ben Weinstein have separated

Global

The Jewish response to climate change: Back from COP26, Hazon’s CEO reflects on what’s needed to combat the threat

An actress in a mask in a scene from a movie

Culture

Sex, lies, videotape — and antisemitism: Indie film uses shock value to discuss Jewish persecution in Romania

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