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Planes, trains and bus caravans: Ahead of mass pro-Israel rally, tens of thousands of Jews are descending on Washington

“I have to do this, because I have to be there for the Jewish people,” said Danielle Werchowsky, a resident of Arlington, Virginia.

Some Jews are taking down their mezuzahs due to antisemitism. Some non-Jews are putting them up.

“To me it felt like the precursor to ‘We’ll hide you when you’re in our attic,'” one Los Angeles Jew said about his neighbors’ offer to mount their own mezuzahs.

Teen Fellowship

Sad, scared, proud, alone: How US Jewish teens are feeling amid the Israel-Hamas war

Jewish teens from Oklahoma to Atlanta sound off on the war that has taken over their social media feeds.

Israelis are going forward with their weddings despite war and loss in their own families

Portugal moves to end Sephardic Jewish citizenship law

Why most Asian Jews use imported etrogs on Sukkot even though their countries grow the fruit

How roving rabbis help the few Jews of rural Australia celebrate Rosh Hashanah

A Talmudic tale gets a 12th-century Chinese twist in children’s book aimed at diverse Jewish readers

Ireland’s first kosher restaurant in decades attracts local Jews and non-Jewish celebrities

Tel Aviv’s long-awaited light rail system is finally opening — but not on Shabbat

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