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You need a non-Jewish neighbor to perform this Passover ritual. Thank heavens.

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Irmgard Furchner, convicted in 2022 of complicity in Nazi crimes, dies at 99

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Meeting with Netanyahu, Trump again floats proposal for US to take over Gaza

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