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Bette Midler shines as an angry Jew in HBO’s ‘Coastal Elites’

To her character, wearing a MAGA hat in New York City is “like me going to Nebraska, wearing a yarmulke, waving a rainbow flag while reading a book!”

Bahrain will normalize ties with Israel, Trump announces

The announcement comes less than a month after the United Arab Emirates did the same — and the president expects more Arab nations to follow suit soon.

At 87, a New Career Move for Rabbi Yitz Greenberg

The rabbi, teacher, author and lecturer has touched the lives of many engaged Jews through his postmodern narrative of Jewish life.

New York

Parshat Nitzavim-Vayelech: The Longest Day

The Tell

A Florida congressional race between two Jews symbolizes the culture war

A map showing the 20 congressional districts with the most Jews. (Laura E. Adkins/JTA)

United States

This map shows the 20 congressional districts with the most Jews

Analysis

In a South Florida congressional race, Jewish culture wars erupt

New York

It’s Safety First as Jewish Day Schools Open for the New Year

Health

Jewish day schools open for the year with new safety precautions and plans for possible closures

Culture

In Netflix’s ‘Away,’ Ato Essandoh is an African-British-Jewish astronaut. It’s not his first Jewish starring role.

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