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Mendl Weinstock and his sister Riva posing for a picture with Shocky the llama in Cleveland, Ohio on March 1, 2020. (Courtesy of Mendl Weinstock)

This brother vowed he would bring a llama to his sister’s wedding. And he did — wearing a tuxedo and kippah.

Mendl Weinstock followed through with the help of Shocky the llama.

A small chapel close to Pordoi pass in the Canazei area at sunrise with the Setsas mountains in the distance. (Frank Bienewald/Getty Images)

Passover in the time of coronavirus: Cancellations mount at kosher resorts

Even a small drop in participation can spell disaster for operators that sometimes spend a whole year planning for the getaways from holiday preparation.

We asked, you answered: JTA readers’ stories of their own political evolution

Nearly 150 people submitted recollections imbued with emotion, intellectual grappling, personal reckoning and the diversity of American Jewry.

A 4th-generation Vermont Orthodox Jew is starting the state’s first Jewish day school

‘Judge Judy’ to end after 25th season, but Judy will be on a new bench

Studying Talmud every day is helping me harness my rage

Dulce de leche hamantaschen: Rethinking a famed South American cookie for Purim

Jewish farms are booming. Now the farmers want to grow their community.

Some of JC Kosher's shelves are fully stocked with staples in its new location, two blocks away from the original store. (Ben Sales)

2 months after deadly shooting, Jersey City’s kosher supermarket is starting to reopen

Men wearing a haredi Jews suit with an ant's abdomen and legs at the annual procession of the carnival in Aalst, Belgium on Feb. 23, 2020. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

I enjoyed the Belgian carnival that featured anti-Semitic floats. Then I searched for homes in Israel.

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