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JNF-USA Gala in Center City Honors Former Hostage and His Mother

At the time of the fall ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, every living hostage was returned. This was never expected, said Marina Furman, executive...

Opinion

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Opinion: The Ceasefire Gambit

By Daniel Rosen The headlines have been buzzing for a week now with the news of a ceasefire between the United States, Israel and Iran....

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Alex Freedman: Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El Member Stays Active in the...

If you go to a Jewish event in Greater Philadelphia involving young leaders, you are likely to run into Alex Freedman. On April 12, she...

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Food & Dining

Don Ernesto of Hagafen Cellars: More Than 50 Years of Winemaking

Jules Polonetsky There are winemakers, and then there are wine growers. Ernie Weir insists he is the latter — and after more than five decades...

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US Funding for Israel’s Iron Dome Air Defense System Used to...

A growing number of leading progressives, including the leading liberal pro-Israel lobby, have come out against continued American funding for Israel’s Iron Dome defense system. J...

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Undeterred by war, North American Jews continue to immigrate to Israel

Mordechai Deluca never considered delaying his move to Israel from the United States because of the war with Iran. If anything, the opposite is...

Meet the Israeli scientists leading the fight against colorectal cancer

First, the good news. Among Americans under 50, the overall cancer mortality has plummeted by 44% over the last quarter-century. Better diagnostic tools, along...

At This Jerusalem Museum, Everyday Objects Tell the Story of the Holocaust in a...

JERUSALEM — A guitar played by Jewish teenager Nina Simon of Skopje, Yugoslavia. A shortwave radio that once belonged to Raphael Ahav of Lyon,...