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Ex-Canada lawmaker finds swastika carved in snow

B'nai B'rith Canada says anti-Semitic incidents have become commonplace in the country.

A Heart-Rending Play About Greek Jews in the Holocaust

Golgotha, the name of the hill outside of Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified, is a Ladino word for suffering. It is also the name of a powerful play recently staged in New York City, on temporary loan from its native Tel Aviv, about the largely forgotten, and unmarked, plight of Sephardic Jews in the Holocaust. The Israeli actor […]

Orthodox Union bars women from serving as clergy in its synagogues

Under the ruling, women may not hold a title such as “rabbi,” or even serve without title in a role in which she would be performing "common" clergy functions.