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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Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound Passover’s coming. What will you be drinking? If only this were the most pressing questi
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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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If you’re looking for a way to celebrate Passover this year, many of our local synagogues and organizations across the state will be hosting seders. W
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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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Tori Gottlieb, Special to The Jewish Sound Thirty-six years ago, Beit Hatfutsot — literally, “House of the Diaspora” — opened in Tel Aviv. The muse
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Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent Capping a year-long effort to repair and re-scribe its Torah while celebrating its 10th anniversary, Congr
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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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Emily K. Alhadeff Associate Editor This story complements the JTNews’ new podcast, “A Freilechen Seattle,” available here or at the iTunes store. S
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By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews With seven months and two major events under his belt, Keith Dvorchik is beginning to feel like he's getting his
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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 Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Richelle Willner Martin and Gabi Benisti hold the trophy from their victory at the national Jewish Unity Mentorin
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By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, JTNews Who is a Jew? This oft-pondered, never sufficiently answered question was the topic of a recent thre
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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
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By Joel Magalnick , Editor, JTNews With another session in Olympia now behind us, JTNews asked the members of Washington State's Jewish caucus to g
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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
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