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A chance meeting between Delia Ephron and Julianna Margulies begat a subtly Jewish Broadway play

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List of hostages for potential release circulates as pressure mounts for ceasefire deal

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Biden awards Presidential Citizens Medals to Jewish same-sex marriage activist, philanthropist

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First-ever Solomon Schechter day school in North America goes Orthodox

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A chance meeting between Delia Ephron and Julianna Margulies begat a subtly Jewish Broadway play

Hindu spiritual leader and activist tapped for NYC’s top anti-hate crime post

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List of hostages for potential release circulates as pressure mounts for ceasefire deal

3 Israelis killed in West Bank terror attack

Antony Blinken says he conditioned Biden’s first trip to Israel after Oct. 7 on aid to Gaza

Meet Valerie Hamaty, the Arab Christian leading the race to represent Israel at Eurovision

Former basketball star Tamir Goodman, aka the ‘Jewish Jordan,’ helps kids understand dyslexia

U.S. military vet with ‘deep-seated animus against Jews’ tried to join Hezbollah, feds charge

Rutgers settles federal antisemitism investigation as colleges race to close post-Oct. 7 complaints

To kick off 2025, Netherlands throws open archive of suspected Nazi collaborators

Biden awards Presidential Citizens Medals to Jewish same-sex marriage activist, philanthropist

Netanyahu formally discharged from hospital after leaving early to shore up his unstable coalition

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