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Massachusetts court chief Ralph Gants remembered as a giant of justice

The first Jewish chief justice of the state’s highest court, Gants had suffered a heart attack earlier this month but anticipated a full recovery.

A group of Germans who follow the QAnon conspiracy theory protest in Berlin on August 29. That day, inspired by QAnon, a group of German extremists stormed the country's parliament. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

QAnon is an old form of anti-Semitism in a new package, experts say

As the pro-Trump conspiracy theory grows and the election nears, its adherents are increasingly using age-old anti-Semitic smears, say researchers who track extremism.

‘All In: The Fight for Democracy’ director Liz Garbus on learning the Jewish tradition of activism from her famous father

“I don’t think in terms of changing the world. I think about just one step at a time,” the filmmaker says.

Culture

The pandemic interrupted Alex Edelman’s solo show. Now the comedian is helping rabbis nail the timing on their High Holidays services.

New York

Film in Works About Brooklyn Rabbi Who Coerced Divorces

New York

New York State Issues Guidance for High Holiday Services

The Tell

Looking back at a crazy Jewish year of politics

Bonds of Life

Natalie Grauer, 91, Holocaust survivor who endured horrors

New York

Orthodox Day Schools Urge Covid Safety Ahead of High Holidays

Hungarian Jews baking challah breads in front of the Obuda Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary on Oct. 7, 2019. (Courtesy of EMIH)

Global

Hungarian Jews to celebrate Rosh Hashanah on a boat on the Danube amid rising COVID infections

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