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Rabbi Aaron Panken, HUC president, killed in plane crash

A licensed pilot, he led the Reform movement's flagship seminary and its four campuses since 2014.

Trump’s faith-based initiative removes a barrier to proselytizing, and some Jews are worried

A starving man deserves soup without having to listen first to a sermon, liberal Jewish groups say.

Leader of Saudi-backed Muslim group decries those who blame Jews for the Holocaust

Mohammed al Issa, the secretary general of the Muslim World League, condemned those who blame Jews for the Holocaust days after days after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas came under international censure for doing so.

Birthright co-founder proposes opening lobby in Israel to advocate for North American Jews

Why the band Haim means so much to young Jewish women

How an Orthodox politician is standing in the way of Andrew Cuomo’s national ambitions

Missouri’s first Jewish governor faces state’s first-ever impeachment hearing

Uber suspends Chicago driver accused of kicking out Israeli diplomat

Alan Dershowitz is helping Harvey Weinstein’s legal team

Film academy expels Roman Polanski and Bill Cosby over sex crimes

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