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JERUSALEM, May 26 (JTA) — Clashes over building in Jerusalem’s Old City have marred a festive atmosphere marking the anniversary of the city’s reunification. Israeli police clashed with Palestinians demonstrators Tuesday who had torn down one of nine tin shacks erected overnight by members of Ateret Cohanim in the Old City’s Muslim Quarter. Several members […]

NEW YORK, April 2 (JTA) — Just a week before Passover, 10 Russian Jewish workers are claiming that Manischewitz — famous for producing matzah, the food of liberation — discriminates against its disabled workers. “We can’t hear the fire alarms,” Semyon Freydel, a Russian immigrant who has been baking for Manischewitz for over 10 years, […]