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Jack Polak, survivor who founded Anne Frank Center USA, dies at 102

The Amsterdam native and later New Yorker released a book based on his correspondence in concentration camps with the woman who would become his second wife.

N.Y. rabbi pleads guilty in divorce extortion scheme

Rabbi Mordechai Wolmark and his gang were caught masked in an FBI sting at a New Jersey warehouse carrying rope, surgical knives and a screwdriver to coerce a recalcitrant “husband.”

Twitter account of CNN’s Jim Clancy deleted after controversial Israel tweets

The newsman tweeted that the cartoons posted by Charlie Hebdo did not mock Muhammad and spewed a series of sarcastic tweets when challenged.

Ad campaign on San Francisco buses likens Islam to Nazism

Actor Michael Douglas awarded $1 million Genesis Prize

Ruderman foundation partners with Chabad in $1 million inclusion initiative

GOP bill would kill presidential mandate on waiving Jerusalem law

U.S. designates a leader of Gaza group as terrorist

White House vows fight against ‘scourge’ of anti-Semitism

Limmud Colorado shutting down

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