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Birthright participants say visiting Israel in the post-Oct. 7 era is a transformative experience

Maddison Spiegel of Westchester County, New York, had tried for years to go on a Birthright trip to Israel but somehow it never happened. The first time she was supposed to go the COVID-19 pandemic got in the way, freezing all trips. The next time Spiegel applied she learned belatedly she had missed a deadline. […]

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Meet the fish detective who can decode your gefilte fish heritage

Enid Cherenson’s family has been buying seafood from Wulf’s Fish for 40 years. Originally an iconic fish store in the Jewish district of Brookline, Massachusetts, Wulf’s Fish transitioned about a decade ago to become a wholesaler. Now it sells both to local restaurants and caterers and ships from its warehouse in the Boston seaport to devoted […]

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3 years into war, Jewish life in Ukraine gets boost from NY Jewry

When Russian troops invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, Yuliia, 26, a Jewish single mother of three from Kherson, barely had time to flee her hometown before it fell to Russian control. After reaching relative safety in nearby Mykolaiv, Yuliia worried about how she’d support herself and her children. Previously a census taker for the […]