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How the Queen of England got involved in a secret Jewish wedding

Ninety years ago, JTA and newspapers around the world wrote about the marriage between Ivor Montagu, whose family was one of the richest in England, and Eileen Hellstern, the daughter of a cobbler.

How One Toy Inventor Bluffed His Way Through the Holocaust

Henry Orenstein is a tinkerer. That’s how the 93-year-old Holocaust survivor has come up with some of the most genius inventions in toy history: Suzy Homemaker, Johnny Lightning, a “hole card” camera that launched the televised poker industry, and the empire known as Transformers. Born in 1923 in Hrubieszów, Poland, Orenstein survived Nazi concentration camps, […]

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How the Queen of England got involved in a secret Jewish wedding

How One Toy Inventor Bluffed His Way Through the Holocaust

For Tu b’Shvat, 5 of Israel’s must-see trees

This is what a JCC bomb threat sounds like

This photo of Jewish and Muslim kids protesting Trump’s immigrant ban has gone viral

Dutch Jewish wedding film from 1939 shines light on doomed community

French chef brings touch of Michelin magic to Tel Aviv

The Israeli Artist Behind Those Inflatable Dancing Guys

Did Shabbat keep Jared and Ivanka in the dark about ‘Muslim ban’ crisis?

Jared Kushner’s grandmother on being a refugee: ‘The doors of the world were closed to us’

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