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Can rabbinical students be parents?
Sarah Mulhern with her husband and newborn baby. NEW YORK — A few weeks after her first daughter’s due date, Catherine Clark was set to begin her fifth and final year at the Jewish Theological...
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Israel dismantles metal detectors, cameras
Palestinians protest outside the Temple Mount, July 19. (Kobi Richter/TPS) Israel Police dismantled metal detectors and security cameras at the entrances to the Temple Mount compound overnight between...
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Who is the fairest owner of them all?
Touro Synagogue, nestled in historic Newport, Rhode Island. (John Nordell/ Christian Science Monitor/Getty) NEW YORK — The story of America’s oldest synagogue, as told by retired Supreme Court Justice...
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Bipartisan support for Taylor Force Act
Taylor Force WASHINGTON — A key Senate panel has advanced a bill that would reduce US payments to the Palestinians as long as the PA continues to pay subsidies to the families of Palestinians jailed...
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Charlottesville’s Jewish mayor
Michael Signer speaks on Meet the Press, Aug. 14, 2017. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Michael Signer, the Jewish mayor of Charlottesville, has one thing in common with the white supremacists who descended on...
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White nationalist calls himself a ‘white Zionist’
Richard Spencer TEL AVIV — White nationalist leader Richard Spencer told Israelis during an evening TV interview that they should respect him because he is essentially a “white Zionist.” Spencer made...
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Who is ‘antifa’?
White supremacists and members of antifa clashing at Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 12. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty) NEW YORK — Is it OK to punch a Nazi in the face? That’s the question...
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Newspaper production opens a lens on flooded Houston
Michael Duke, associate editor of the Houston Jewish Herald-Voice, managed to write his articles during Harvey. HOUSTON — As Hurricane Harvey bore down on Houston on Aug. 25, Vicki Samuels Levy dashed...
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Jewish groups aid mosques concerned about security
A Muslim man sits at Alt Takwa Mosque in Brooklyn, June 20, 2017. (Mohammed Elshamy/Anadolu Agency/Getty) NEW YORK — With anti-Islam hate crimes on the rise, Muslim leaders are working harder to secure...
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ADL, US mayors in joint plan to fight extremism
The US Conference of Mayors (USCM) and the ADL have announced a joint plan to fight extremism and bigotry and to promote justice and equality in response to the disturbing hate and violence in...
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Jewish organizations decry DACA move
Three ‘Dreamers’ originally from Ecuador gather for a protest in Grand Army Plaza in Manhattan, Sept. 5. (Drew Angerer/Getty) WASHINGTON — An array of Jewish groups and lawmakers attacked President...
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Houston recovery will take years
Ben Davis, Rabbi Avraham Mintz and Quincy Carpenter pose before Davis and Carpenter take off for Houston in the Junk Trunk. HOUSTON — The Jewish community in Houston has seen “devastating” damage from...
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At Tufts, Hillel called ‘exploitative,’‘Zionist’
Jewish students at Tufts University in Medford, Mass. (Jonathan Wiggs/Boston Globe/Getty) ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5778SECTION A PAGE 10 By Yvette Alt BOSTON — Tufts University’s Hillel is described as...
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At UN, Trump focuses on Iran, Syria
Donald Trump speaks at the UN, Sept. 19, 2017. (Spencer Platt/Getty) WASHINGTON — The number of times President Donald Trump mentioned Iran or its derivatives in his UN speech? Twelve, and each time to...
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Fired for pro-Israel activism?
Melissa Landa, center in blue shirt, with some of her students. BALTIMORE — Days after joining a pro-Israel group, Melissa Landa knew something had gone wrong: She said her mentor stopped working with...
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Jewish aid mission to Puerto Rico
Eli Rowe, second from left, with members of his volunteer aid team in front of the airplane that was donated to make the trip to San Juan, Sept. 25, 2017. SAN JUAN — After he managed to bribe three van...
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Berkeley tried to block pro-Israel talk by Alan Dershowitz
Alan Dershowitz (Wikimedia Commons) SAN FRANCISCO (J. The Jewish News of Northern California) — Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz said he will speak at the University of California,...
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New Yorker revives Milwaukee
Milwaukee Bucks President Peter Feigin speaking at the opening of the team’s new training center. (Gary Dineen/NBAE/Getty) MILWAUKEE — When Peter Feigin took over as president of the Milwaukee Bucks in...
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Camp Newman ravaged by fire
Surrounded by blackened vegetation, Camp Newman’s iconic hillside Jewish star survived. By Rob Gloster, j./via JTA SAN FRANCISCO — Administrators of a Jewish summer camp destroyed by a wildfire in...
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In Gainesville, Spencer is heckled
Richard Spencer GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Protesters heckled white supremacist leader Richard Spencer as he spoke at the University of Florida. Booing and chants greeted the alt-right leader as he took the...
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