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Jewish funeral planned for Dick Farrel, prominent COVID skeptic who died of the virus

The talk show host, born Farrel Austin Levitt in Queens, New York, spent his final weeks privately telling friends to get the vaccine.

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Remembering Ilan Naibryf, Jewish Surfside victim anyone would be lucky to meet

Ilan was, simply put, a good kid, writes one of his former teachers.

Israel to name Michael Herzog, the president’s brother and a longtime adviser to peace negotiators, as US ambassador

Herzog works for a Washington think tank that has close ties with Republican and Democratic administrations as well as successive Israeli governments.

Nikki Fried arrives for a ceremony with President Joe Biden

Nikki Fried, a former marijuana lobbyist with an office mezuzah, wants to be Florida’s first woman governor. She’s ready for a rough fight.

Chanan Weissman White House Jewish Liaison

Biden chooses Obama alum Chanan Weissman as White House liaison to the Jewish community

Jewish Federations of North America cancels in-person General Assembly citing COVID

Photo Illustration showing two Instagram posts and a photo of Rutgers University

Did a pro-Palestinian campus group actually call for the ‘defunding’ of Hillel?

Does the new US foreign spending bill condition aid to Israel? J Street says yes, AIPAC says no.

In upset, pro-Israel backed candidate wins key Cleveland area Democratic primary

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