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Moshava Philly food truck

A Philadelphia festival cut an Israeli food truck, citing ‘the concerns of community.’ The response was fierce.

Eat Up The Borders took its accounts offline amid thousands of comments criticizing its decision to cut Moshava food truck from an immigrant food fest.

By Philissa Cramer June 20, 2021 11:36 am

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President Donald J. Trump speaks during an election event at the White House in the early morning hours on November 4, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Liberal Jews fear that even if the president is defeated, his ideology has not been repudiated. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Donald Trump says American Jews ‘don’t love Israel enough’ and more should have voted for him

(JTA) — Donald Trump is still trying to figure out why more American Jews didn’t vote for him, arguing in a haredi Orthodox magazine interview this week that they “don’t love Israel enough” and the Israel-related moves he made as president should have earned him a larger share of the Jewish vote. “You know what […]

June 18, 2021 11:45 am

Amanda Beckenstein Mbuvi

A Black and Jewish Bible scholar will lead Reconstructionist rabbinical school, in a first for American Jewish movements

Amanda Beckenstein Mbuvi “grew up Jewish in the Black church” and started a Jewish studies program at her previous college.

June 18, 2021 10:48 am

A Supreme Court decision allowing a Catholic foster agency to discriminate splits Jewish groups

By Ron Kampeas June 18, 2021 10:00 am

Israeli border police officers arrest a Palestinian youth during clashes with Palestinian protesters in the West Bank city of Hebron, Aug. 11, 2019. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar were scheduled to visit Hebron and other parts of the West Bank. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Poll: Most American voters back banning Israel from using U.S. funds to annex land or detain Palestinian children

By Ron Kampeas June 18, 2021 9:50 am

The Juneteenth flag

7 events that celebrate Juneteenth through a Jewish lens

By Jacqueline Roderick June 17, 2021 6:24 pm

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Josh Gottheimer, Orthodox Union

Orthodox Union, alarmed by Congress’ reaction to Gaza conflict, brings constituents face to face with their lawmakers

By Ron Kampeas June 17, 2021 5:41 pm

Janet Malcolm

Janet Malcolm, famed New Yorker writer whose family fled the Nazis, dies at 86

By Gabe Friedman June 17, 2021 5:12 pm

Sarah Silverman speaks at a campaign rally for Bernie Sanders

Sarah Silverman wishes Ilhan Omar’s ‘Squad’ of lawmakers included a ‘progressive Jewess’

By Gabe Friedman June 17, 2021 11:54 am

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