Martin L. Johnson and Olinda Young of Phoenix, Arizona, have generously donated a 250-year-old Torah that was recovered from the Nazis to Virginia Com
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By Debra Rubin, JNS.org The Shabbat of Memorial Day weekend later this month will mark a first in American Jewish life: Three New York Ci
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By Robert Gluck, JNS.org Dr. Gary P. Zola sees an inextricable connection between American Jewish history, American history, and global
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Three undergraduates from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Technion in Israel are developing an electronic guide dog for the blind. The stude
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Amsterdam's 18-year-old annual Pride Canal Parade will include, for the first time ever this year, a Jewish boat, which Monday, got the thumbs up fr
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(JTA) — A California school district said it will change an eighth-grade assignment that asked students to argue whether or not the Holocaust happened
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By Talia Bloch, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) -- The group of young Jewish professionals had gathered to participate in the revival of a Seph
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In a 5-4 decision handed down on Monday, the US Supreme Court reversed a lower appeals court decision in favor of a lawsuit brought by Susan Galloway
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By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA) -- When she decided to split up from her husband, she went before an Orthodox rabbinical c
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Today, readers can find the full reprinted text of the Israeli Declaration of Independence from 1948 when opening the New York Times or USA Today. The
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(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Days before Israel’s 66th Independence Day, the Israeli population reached 8.18 million people, according to a rep
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Local Brooklyn blog reported today that a couple found a baby raccoon trapped within their apartment walls. When the couple realized the animal was re
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WASHINGTON (JTA) — J Street failed to gain admission to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. The vote of Presidents C
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This week, the world said farewell to beloved British-Jewish actor, Bob Hoskins.Hoskins was best known for roles like Lou in "Mermaids" and Eddie in "
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Research has shown that, according to the halachic tradition of Judaism being passed down maternally, the late archbishop of New York, Cardinal John O
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By Linda Gradstein, The Media Line By age 20, Elad Peled was a senior commander in the Palmach, one of the branches of Israel’s pre-state army. He
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According to JTA today, while an incredible number of college campuses have ratified divestment resolutions, those same universities have not seen a s
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A new Fatwa issued by the Amman today allows visiting Muslims to enter the Al-Aksa Mosque on Jerusalem's Temple Mount. The new Fatwa cancels out what
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As tensions mount over the current peace process turmoil, some Israeli extremists are turning their frustrations to anti-Arab graffiti. Several news o
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Saying that a return to normal relations with Israel could come in a matter of weeks, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said one issue is ho
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