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Madonna posts Instagram photo of Hasidic man, Arab man about to kiss

The photo shows a Jewish man with sidecurls and wearing a large white knitted kippah of the Breslover movement and an Arab man wearing a traditional Arab keffiyeh leaning in for a kiss.

Life of Amtrak victim Rachel Jacobs celebrated at New York memorial

Jacobs, 39, was remembered as loving and attentive at the private service at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.

Chicago Jewish families hire private security following anti-Semitic incidents

Chicago Police are not happy with the arrangement, in which armed off-duty officers patrol a 16-block area, populated largely by Orthodox Jewish families, on the Jewish Sabbath and holidays.

Scott Walker: U.S. must view Israel as true ally

Greek town demands Star of David removal from Holocaust memorial

Mikvah-peeping rabbi sentenced to 6.5 years

Obama to to mark Jewish heritage month at D.C. synagogue

Obama to award Medal of Honor to Jewish World War I hero

At Times Square, Russian Jewish vets celebrate victory over Nazism

Jewish naval academy student in Amtrak derailment given full military honors at funeral

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