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By Zachary Solomon, Jewniverse/JTA World News Service For the kashrut-observant Cuban, there’s only one place to go for a piece of meat. Situate
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By Maital Friedman NEW YORK (JTA) -- The events of the last few weeks have shaken me to the core. Beyond the devastation I felt over the deaths of
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By Daniel S. Mariaschin, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Before the HarperCollins Middle East atlas story is deleted from email inboxes,
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By Rabbi Moshe Kletenik, Va’ad HaRabanim of Greater Seattle This Shabbat we will to begin to read and study the Book of Shemot. It is the book of s
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