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Michelle Trachtenberg’s Jewish family reportedly declines autopsy for religious reasons

Traditional Jewish law prohibits the desecration of the dead in almost all circumstances.

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Steve Bannon speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on Feb. 20, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Orthodox pro-Israel group to honor Steve Bannon after backlash for his straight-armed gesture

The dinner for Israel365 Action has already sparked some local backlash.

Purim in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, March 24, 2024. (Luke Tress)

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Slain hostage Tsachi Idan is mourned at funeral at Hapoel Tel Aviv’s soccer stadium

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Michael Levine, founding member of NY’s pioneering LGBTQ synagogue and witness to the Stonewall riots, dies at 81

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Weeks after selling NYC building, Hebrew Union College sells part of LA campus to USC

Kalb, center, leads a crowd of Jewish Deadheads in prayer at Citi Field's Jackie Robinson Rotunda on June 21, 2023. (Courtesy)

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First responders and emergency vehicles at the scene of a car-ramming attack in Israel on Feb. 27, 2025. (Courtesy of Magen David Adom)

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17-year-old critically injured in car-ramming attack in Israel

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