By Avi Weiss and Marc Angel NEW YORK (JTA) -- The Israeli government recently moved to decentralize the conversion system by allowing local courts
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By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound Looking back on the past 84 years, Isaac Azose is most proud of the family he built. Next,
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By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound Whether it’s seen as a way to teach students about an under-examined side of a conflict or as an irresp
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(JTA) — A murder-suicide in Portland, Ore., has left two Jewish day school students orphaned. Portland police said that Ian Elias, 47, killed his e
Read MoreVANCOUVER, Canada (JTA) -- A youth hockey coach in suburban Vancouver was fired for posting Nazi propaganda on social media. Christopher Maximilian
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By Abraham H. Foxman NEW YORK (JTA) -- Each year on the anniversary of Kristallnacht, we recall the opening salvo of the violent assault on Jews th
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By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent Because of the Israeli international development group TAG, honeybees in Myanmar are busily producing t
Read MoreBy Uriel Heilman, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) – The Anti-Defamation League’s new national director will be social entrepreneur Jonathan G
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By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent The babies in the neo-natal unit of the Hadassah University Medical Center in Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, wil
Read MoreJERUSALEM (JTA) -- The Palestinian man suspected of running over three Israeli soldiers with a van turned himself in. Hamam Mesalmeh, of the West B
Read MoreJERUSALEM (JTA) -- The International Criminal Court said it will not open a war crimes case against Israel in the Mavi Marmara incident.
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By Masada Siegel, Special to the Jewish Sound “Israel had a big effect on me,” says Ruchama King Feuerman. “It’s the kind of place where outrageous
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By Neve Levinson A sukkah is a temporary dwelling that modern Jews create to reconstruct the shelters our ancestors used while wandering in the des
Read MoreBy Rabbi Adam Rubin, Congregation Beth Shalom While most Americans are religious — the great majority of our fellow citizens continue to assert a b
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By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service TEL AVIV (JTA) – The Israeli government has adopted a major reform expected to ease the path to conversion for
Read MoreBy Batya Ungar-Sargon, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) -- As the last generation of Holocaust survivors ages and dies, efforts to capture the
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By Michael Natkin, Jewish Sound Columnist Spaghetti alla carbonara is one of those great Italian dishes that comes with multiple-choice apocryphal
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By Sean Savage, JNS.org Known primarily for their military prowess and high-tech ingenuity, Israelis are often overlooked when it comes to their gl
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