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Climate change could cause second Holocaust, says Yale historian

In a New York Times Op-Ed, professor Timothy Snyder argues that climate change deniers are, like Hitler, putting the world on course for resource-driven conflict.

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Do 1% of Americans really think Barack Obama is Jewish?

Thanks to a recent CNN poll and an article in Mashable that trumpets its findings, the word is out that 1 percent of Americans believe President Barack Obama is Jewish. Of course, Obama is not Jewish. He’s Protestant and has attended several different churches in Washington, D.C. since becoming president. Yet the CNN poll released last Sunday […]

Play JTA’s Jewish News of the Week Quiz

With the Jewish new year here, welcome to the first JTA News of the Week Quiz. Prepare to answer burning questions about Jewish current events — from The New York Times counting Jews in Congress to J Street U’s new Muslim president.

Former JTA intern pranks Alex Trebek with ‘Celebrity Jeopardy’ reference

When the Israel Tennis Association Was Fined for Sitting Out Yom Kippur

What Bernie Sanders told evangelical Christian students on Rosh Hashanah

The Jewish don of Latin American TV says ‘adios’ after 53 years

This young Jewish chef made vegan food tasty — long before Beyonce made it cool

Brad Pitt buys Nazi motorbike for almost $400K

Was John Steinbeck Jewish?

Was John Steinbeck Jewish?

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