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347 Reform, Conservative & Orthodox Rabbis Sign Letter That Slams Bernie Sanders & Supports AIPAC

(JTA) — In the wake of Bernie Sanders’s decision to not attend the AIPAC Israel lobby’s annual conference for what he called the organization’s support of “bigotry,” a group of 347 rabbis signed an open letter to Sanders supporting AIPAC’s role in advancing the U.S.-Israel relationship. Sanders, now the frontrunner in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, said AIPAC provides […]

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2 months after deadly shooting, Jersey City’s kosher Supermarket To Reopen

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (JTA) — Two months after his wife was murdered in the attack on this city’s only kosher grocery store, owner Moshe Ferencz was back behind the counter this week. The store, which has partially reopened in a new location, still doesn’t have regular hours. But the reopening signals an important moment for Jersey City’s […]

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