By Melanie Notkin, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) -- We had just closed our Haggadahs to begin the dinner portion of the Passover seder when
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By Norma Zager/JNS.org Those of the mindset that religions are inherently at war with one another must have a difficult time reconciling
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By Julie Wiener, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) -- This week, 73 North American rabbis will be missing something when they go to Shabbat ser
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Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org A Byzantine monastery with an intricate mosaic floor has been discovered in the northern part of Israel’s Negev
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NEW YORK (JTA) -- The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States decreased by 19 percent in 2013, but physical assaults against Jews increa
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(JNS.org) As a result of the ongoing strike by Israeli Foreign Ministry workers, a shipping container filled with Passover for a planned 1,700-person
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Anthony Weiss, JTA LAS VEGAS (JTA) -- The GOP Jewish faithful descended in force on Sin City, turning out in record numbers and striking a feisty,
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Linda Gradstein/The Media Line It sounds like the plot of a thriller. Two antiquities thieves, carrying their stolen loot, meet a potential buyer a
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(JTA) -- The president of the student government at Chicago's Loyola University vetoed an Israel divestment resolution that was passed twice. Pedro
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Alina Dain Sharon, JNS.org Wild booze-filled nights, toga parties, and even hazing. Those are the popular culture images that come to mind when thi
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(JTA) -- Ukrainian Jewish businessman announced his candidacy for president of Ukraine in the May elections. Rabinovich, 61, the owner and co-found
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Uriel Heilman, JTA News (JTA) -- When the leaders of Winnipeg’s Jewish federation sat down 13 years ago to try to figure out a way to reverse the c
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Ari Rudolph, Special to The Jewish Sound NEW YORK (JTA) -- A key component that unifies a people or nation is a common language. The Jewish people
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By JNS.org A new letter to President Barack Obama signed by 83 of 100 U.S. senators outlines "core principles" that the senators believe must be p
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By , JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA)—A Knesset committee will have to vote again on a bill allowing local rabbis to oversee conversions to J
Read MoreBy Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — The battle between members of Congress and the State Department over tourist visas for Is
Read MoreBy Uriel Heilman, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA)—Dear Friend, I understand you're thinking of becoming a rabbi. Mazel tov! Getting i
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By Robert Gluck, JNS.org The recently deceased Sid Caesar made America laugh, and in so doing, revolutionized television comedy. His trailblazing s
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By Binyamin Kagedan, JNS.org The names of religious holidays are usually fairly straightforward, pointing us to the central symbol or theme of the
Read MoreBy JNS, JNS.org (JNS.org) The Norwegian Cruise Line announced Tuesday that it is canceling all of its remaining port calls to Tunisia and ceasing a
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