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Brazilian Carnival parade featured costumes with swastikas. A local Jewish leader was fine with it.

“It was a critical evaluation, one of disapproval and condemnation of Nazism,” said Luiz Kignel, president of the Sao Paulo Jewish federation.

NFL draft prospect Jerry Jeudy wears a Star of David necklace because his nickname is ‘Jeu’

He apologized for causing any offense with the necklace on Twitter.

Ben Schwartz at a "Sonic: The Hedgehog" event in Hollywood, Calif., Jan. 25, 2020. (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

Ben Schwartz is the voice of ‘Sonic: The Hedgehog’ and is friends with Billy Crystal. He’s still worried about fitting into Hollywood.

“I’m a Jewish man from Riverdale. There will always be anxiety,” the rising comedian said. “I have to learn to worry less and enjoy what’s happening.”

Welcome to Mount Hermon, Israel’s only ski mountain. It shuts down when it snows.

Quentin Tarantino and Daniella Pick attend the "Once Upon a Time In Hollywood" U.K. Premiere at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in London, July 30, 2019. (Karwai Tang/WireImage/Getty Images)

Quentin Tarantino and Israeli wife Daniella Pick welcome baby boy in Tel Aviv

Buenos Aires Holocaust museum debuts first Holocaust survivor holograms in Spanish

Ben & Jerry’s Israel is having a Purim costume contest. You could win free ice cream for 6 months.

Nearly a year after endorsing same-sex marriages, an Orthodox rabbi performs his first

Israelis quarantined for suspected coronavirus will get special voting booths for March 2 elections

Israel to build a rail line that that will run from Ben Gurion Airport to the Western Wall

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