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Pennsylvania Senate Committee Holds Hearing on Antisemitism
The Pennsylvania Senate Majority Policy Committee held a public hearing Sept. 30 to analyze the state’s increase in antisemitic incidents and determine how to...
Opinion
D’var Torah: Finding Our One Thing
Rabbi David Levin
That question sat with me long before I could explain why, until it found its place: Krakow, at the edge of a...
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Jason Gelsey: Northern Liberties Resident Wraps Tefillin, Explores Religion
Jason Gelsey, 28, moved to Philadelphia three years ago. The West Bloomfield, Michigan, native was working for a property management company and handling its...
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Margie Chachkin: Congregation Beth Or Member Helps IDF Soldiers
There are two American organizations with authorization from the Israeli Ministry of Defense to help Israel Defense Forces personnel with nonmilitary needs.
One is the...
Food & Dining
‘We Hear You,’ says Sunkist, Won’t Cancel Fruit Gems
After the news that Sunkist was discontinuing its Fruit Gems, and Jews nationwide wondered what soft but light kosher candy they could throw at...
Arts & Culture
He Went to a Different Manhattan Synagogue Every Week. Here’s What...
Andrew Silow-Carroll | JTA
Reporting on the Jewish community is a lot like ornithology, except instead of birds the goal is to describe the dress,...
National and World
Next UN Leader Must Clean up Antisemitism, World Jewish Communities Tell...
Mike Wagenheim | JNS
The Argentinian, Australian, Canadian, French, German, British and American Jewish communities, known as the J7-Large Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism, asked...
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Are You a Sephardi or Mizrahi Jew? Your Risk for Breast Cancer May Be...
(JTA) —Michelle is a 43-year-old teacher who lives in Great Neck, New York. Like many women in her close-knit Persian Jewish community, she didn’t...
Flying the Unfriendly Skies: The Untold Story of El Al’s Wartime Resilience
(JTA) — Ilanit Ninay-Lion remembers as if it were yesterday the frantic call she received in November 2023 from the family of Yoni Asher....
Thousands of Teens Gather in Israel to Celebrate Their Connection to Jewish Life —...
More than 4,500 teens from North America and Israel gathered last month for an outdoor festival that some have described as “Israel’s teen Coachella.”
Part...