WASHINGTON (JTA) – The Jewish Council for Public Affairs, an umbrella body for Jewish public policy groups, is the latest Jewish organization to call on Israel’s government not to expel …
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1/18/18
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NEW YORK (JTA) – Jews were “undesirable.”
They were “of low physical and mental standards.” They were “filthy.” They were “often dangerous in their …
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Ben Sales
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1/18/18
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JTA – When Natalie Portman was named the 2018 winner of the $1 million Genesis Prize, known as the “Jewish Nobel,” it was in part an acknowledgement of her Israeli …
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GABE FRIEDMAN
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1/18/18
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JTA – A coroner’s office in London has come under fire after multiple families complained about delayed Jewish burials.
The London-based Jewish Chronicle reported Dec. 28 …
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1/4/18
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JTA – Neshama Carlebach, daughter of the late Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, in her first public comments since the start of the #MeToo movement said she is angry with her father over allegations of …
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1/4/18
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JTA – Political turmoil, terror attacks and natural disasters around the world: 2017 had plenty of people feeling down, for good reason.
But there were also notable moments of …
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JOSEFIN DOLSTEN
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1/4/18
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BOSTON (JTA) – Emily Katz and Liora Hyman arrived early enough to snag front row seats for a concert with some of their favorite performers.
But this show wasn’t at one …
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PENNY SCHWARTZ
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12/21/17
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JNS.org – A 19-year-old Massachusetts man was arrested over last year’s theft of a Holocaust memorial sculpture in Milton, Mass.
In September 2016, the unnamed suspect stole the …
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12/8/17
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NEW YORK (JTA) – Last month, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research made an astonishing announcement: the discovery of 170,000 Jewish documents thought to have been destroyed during the …
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JOSEFIN DOLSTEN
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11/24/17
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SECAUCUS, N.J. (JTA) – “Caution: Meat and dairy sampling on show floor,” read a sign at the entrance to Meadowlands Exposition Center.
That may seem like an unusual warning …
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JOSEFIN DOLSTEN
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11/23/17
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