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Doctor who treated Aly Raisman pleads guilty to molesting gymnasts

The Olympic gold medalist called the team doctor for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University "a MONSTER not a doctor.”

From ASL interpreters to service dogs, Orthodox shuls trying to be more inclusive

The changes Orthodox shuls are adopting include wheelchair-friendly ramps to bimah platforms, braille prayer books, special kids programming and separate Purim services for noise-sensitive worshipers.

German artists build Holocaust memorial replica near far-right leader’s home

Bjoern Hoecke, a leader of the Alternative for Germany party, has called on Germany to stop apologizing for its Nazi past.

United States

Woman who broke into Orthodox synagogue in Virginia turns herself in

Israel

Jerusalem bomb blast victim dies after six years in a coma

Global

New Jewish group supports independence for Kurdistan

Israel

Investigators probing Kushner’s contacts with Israeli officials over bid to stop UN anti-settlement vote

Global

Argentina’s Jewish community prays for lost submarine

Global

Motions on Jerusalem, Palestinian state fail at Dutch parliament

Global

Israeli PhD candidate fights to wear pirate costume to thesis defense in Holland

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