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This hilarious HBO executive picks her 5 favorite Jewish documentaries

Sheila Nevins, the head of HBO's documentary division and the winner of dozens of awards, selects the Jewish films that everyone should see.

Rex Tillerson: US wants Iran out of Syria

Israel expressed concerns last month at the terms of a proposed cease-fire in the civil war in southern Syria in part because it left Iranian forces in place.

Appeals court gives control of Touro Synagogue, oldest in US, to NY trustee

Shearith Israel in Manhattan also owns the 250-year-old Rhode Island synagogue's $7.4 million silver bells used to adorn Torah scrolls, the Boston court ruled.