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A fire burns amid violent protests in Jerusalem on April 22, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

What you need to know about the violent clashes rocking Jerusalem this week

Beatings, stone throwing and racist chants — reporters said the violence was the worst they had seen in the contested city in years.

New short film skewers the ‘Miss Hitler’ beauty pageant — and the everyday anti-Semitism it represents

Filmmaker Yael Roth went down “a black hole of darkness of the internet” before making the notable debut short “Miss.”

Pavlina Šulcová, the founder of JCC Prague, at her apartment in Praguem, the Czech Republic in 2020. (Courtesy of Šulcová)

In Prague, the world’s 1st virtual Jewish community center aims to revitalize a declining minority

Designed to fill a cultural void exacerbated by COVID-19, the online project offers podcasts, cooking lessons and the first Czech-language Haggadah in years.

Sports

This Shabbat-observant baseball phenom has his eyes on a Major League career. Can it be done?

Health

RSV, a childhood illness that receded during COVID-19, is surging in Orthodox Brooklyn

Global

The 21-year-old fighting to make Brazil’s Jewish community more accepting of LGBTQ people and other minorities

Culture

Jewish rocker Ezra Furman announces she’s a woman — and a mom

Culture

Meet the Jewish activist digging through the trash for climate justice

Tiffany Haddish and Billy Crystal in a screen shot from the trailer for "Here Today."

Culture

Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish are besties who dance the hora in new film ‘Here Today’

Sports

European soccer’s Super League is over — and fans can thank Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich

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