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Potsdam’s stylish new synagogue is the German city’s first since WWII

It’s part of the new European Center for Jewish Learning at the University of Potsdam, which also houses two rabbinical seminaries.

These New Yorkers were annoyed by anti-vaccine Holocaust comparisons. So they wrote a song.

“It’s a more fun way to process it than just to be screaming in your head all the time,” said the lyricist behind “The Anti-Vaxxer’s Lament.”

Sandra Oh and Jay Duplass in "The Chair."

A teacher’s Nazi salute roiled an NYC school in 2018. Did it also inspire Netflix’s ‘The Chair’?

The central plot point sounds a lot like a real incident involving a Jewish and Quaker teacher, which took place at the very school that the show’s Jewish co-creator Amanda Peet attended.

Writer Tom Tugend in his Los Angeles home

7 decades and 3 wars later, this 96-year-old Jewish journalist is still writing

Following media criticism, Spike Lee is re-editing his documentary featuring 9/11 conspiracy theorist who flirted with antisemitism

The Jewish doctor who escaped the Nazis, became a medical pioneer and founded the Paralympics

‘Enthusiasm’ remains uncurbed: Larry David’s 11th season with HBO debuts in October

Could Mayim Bialik wind up hosting ‘Jeopardy!’ solo? The possibility is reportedly on the table.

Barbra Streisand sets another record: A top 20 album in every decade since the 1960s

Mike Richards quits as ‘Jeopardy!’ host after offensive comments about women, Jews and others surface

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