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Marlee Matlin honored with Ruderman Award for disability activism

Matlin will be recognized with an inclusion award 30 years after becoming the first deaf actor to win a major Oscar for her performance in "Children of a Lesser God."

Author JK Rowling helps boost Muslim campaign to repair vandalized Jewish cemetery

The "Harry Potter" creator called the crowdfunding effort started by two Muslim activists a "beautiful thing."

JCC near San Diego evacuated after emailed bomb threat

It was the second time in three weeks that the Lawrence Family JCC in La Jolla had to be evacuated due to a bomb threat.

Leah Adler, mother of Steven Spielberg and popular restaurateur, dies at 97

Jewish groups seek action from Trump to match his words on anti-Semitism

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Andy Cohen invokes Jewish roots in condemning attack on St. Louis Jewish cemetery

Trump, the Jews and the political weaponization of anti-Semitism

Jewish governor of Missouri, Muslim activists pitching in to repair vandalized Jewish cemetery

Wiesenthal Center calls for task force to catch callers making JCC bomb threats

NJ yeshiva alumni, former staff implore graduate Jared Kushner to help halt refugee ban

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