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‘I want to get married before a rocket lands on my head’: War has amped up Israel’s passion for matchmaking

“If you are looking for your soulmate, it just might be a soldier, so hang in there,” celebrity matchmaker Aleeza Ben Shalom told her followers recently.

This real Jewish family has been making fake flowers in Manhattan for 107 years

M&S Schmalberg, now in its fourth generation, is the last factory of its kind in the Garment District.

‘Blazing Saddles’ marks a half-century of hilarity — and controversy

Released 50 years ago this week, Mel Brooks’ film broke Hollywood taboos while skewering racism.

Why this Upper East Side doctor is offering free plastic surgery to victims of antisemitism

Montana Tucker wears yellow-ribbon dress, Recording Academy CEO pays tribute to Nova victims at 2024 Grammys

‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ season 12 premiere raises a question: Will Larry go to Israel?

The Lublin Yeshiva Library was thought to be destroyed by the Nazis. Then its books started turning up.

A 19th-century painting of the Western Wall could fetch $3M at Sotheby’s

Tovah Feldshuh, Debra Messing and more Jewish stars perform at first-ever ‘Shabbat on Broadway’ service

Ben Shapiro raps about his ‘yarmulke, homie,’ in new right-wing song that tops iTunes charts

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