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Hungary’s population has highest amount of Ashkenazi genes after Israel, study claims

The prevalence of Jewish genes in that country is twice the levels recorded in the United States.

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 13, 2019 12:08 pm

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Hungarian supporters of the far-right Jobbik party participating in a nationalist march through Warsaw, Poland on Nov. 11, 2015. (Janek Skarzynski/AFP/Getty Images)

In Hungary, some left-wing Jews are ready to work with a far-right party led by a former neo-Nazi

Amid growing frustration with the Fidesz party’s hold on power, an unlikely alliance has emerged.

August 12, 2019 3:31 pm

Rabbi Reuven Hammer, a pioneer of Conservative Judaism in Israel, dies at 86

He served as the first Israeli president of the International Rabbinical Assembly and was a leading scholar.

August 12, 2019 2:46 pm

Brooklyn Jewish school installs bullet-resistant classroom doors in wake of mass shootings

By Sam Sokol August 12, 2019 2:26 pm

Miss Universe pageant could be coming to Israel

By Marcy Oster August 11, 2019 12:03 pm

Sarah Silverman

A Florida pastor called for Sarah Silverman’s death

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 9, 2019 1:36 pm

Trader Joe's

Editor's Column Opinion

Trader Joe’s is not your synagogue. But what if?

By Andrew Silow-Carroll August 9, 2019 10:53 am

David Berman

David Berman, indie rocker known for fronting band the Silver Jews, dead at 52

By Gabe Friedman August 8, 2019 1:57 pm

IRIS

Meet Iris, the Jewish Icelandic singer with the voice of an actual angel

By Jordana Lipsitz August 7, 2019 4:52 pm

kids home

Kids depressed because they’re back from camp? Here’s how to deal.

By Emily Caruso Parnell August 7, 2019 4:31 pm

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