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Tech company whose founder wrote antisemitic COVID screed pledges six-figure sum to local synagogue

“They said, ‘We’re going to take care of all that for you,’ and they made the largest donation we’ve ever seen,” Rabbi Sam Spector of Salt Lake City’s Congregation Kol Ami told the Forward.

A marketing firm that works with Jewish groups, Big Duck, has nixed a potential client because of its Israel ties

A marketing firm says it won’t be able to bring passion to work on behalf of a group with Israel ties.

Robert Durst, real estate scion who was convicted of murdering his best friend, is dead at 78

Durst’s conviction hinged on a muttered confession he made while being taped for a documentary series on HBO, “The Jinx.”

Indiana lawmaker apologizes for saying teachers should be ‘impartial’ on Nazis

David Alvarez as Bernardo in Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story" remake

Golden Globes 2022: Andrew Garfield, and Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story,’ win big

Pennsylvania Republican Doug Mastriano enters race for governor with a shofar blast

Deborah Lipstadt may be asked to apologize to Republican senator before confirmation as antisemitism envoy

eric adams celebrates hanukkah in brooklyn

Eric Adams has deep ties to Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jews. Will he reach beyond them as mayor?

Jews were on both sides of Jan. 6. Where are they a year later?

Sandra Jaffe, who ran New Orleans’ celebrated Preservation Hall jazz clubs for decades, dies at 83

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