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At Jewish sleepaway camps this summer, bunks and bathrooms accommodate any gender identity
Increasingly at non-Orthodox camps, there isn’t simply a boys side and a girls side
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Jamaal Bowman’s primary challenger calls the incumbent ‘viscerally anti-Israel’
Michael Gerald, a Baptist pastor, is the first candidate to launch a bid against Bowman but other challengers may emerge
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Pittsburgh synagogue shooter sentenced to death
Robert Bowers’ sentence makes him the most prominent person to be condemned to death for antisemitic crimes since Adolf Eichmann
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The ADL called for advertisers to boycott Twitter. Now it’s advertising on Twitter.
The civil rights group called for advertisers to 'pause' spending last fall over concerns that the platform was failing to address hateful content, but says the boycott was always meant to be temporary
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Man who allegedly fired shots at Jewish school shared grievances against it, flashbacks of father’s violent death
His father was fatally shot by Memphis police 20 years ago
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She’s low in the polls, but for some Jewish Republicans, Nikki Haley is the best Trump alternative
'I hope that everyone will remember what a good friend I was to Israel,' Haley said
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Anne Frank’s best friend and I
Hannah Pick-Goslar saw Anne Frank for the last time through a barbed-wire fence, part of the story the Holocaust survivor tells in a touching best-selling memoir, written with Dina Kraft
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Sports The Women’s World Cup led her to take another shot at professional soccer — and brought her back to her Jewish roots
Womens' soccer has exploded since the last World Cup. The changes brought a once-disillusioned player back to the field
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Does Ukraine really have a neo-Nazi problem? US officials won’t say
Some Jewish leaders have pulled back their criticism of the Azov Brigade since Russia's invasion
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‘A time of emergency’: What you need to know about the fight over Israel’s court system
Both sides of the debate have made clear that what is at stake is no longer just a piece of legislation but rather Israel’s military, governmental system and, perhaps, the future of the country itself
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Alex Edelman is making a Christmas movie 🎙
On That Jewish News Show, the comedian shares his views on Judaism and his big plans after 'Just for Us' wraps on Broadway
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Sports These Jewish lawyers’ son was drafted by the A’s. Then the Dodgers picked his brother.
A whirlwind week saw Jake Gelof drafted and signed by the Dodgers and Zack Gelof's first career hit with the A's
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What did our great-grandparents eat for breakfast?
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Most Eastern European Jewish foods we know about are related to holidays or special occasions. But what kind of foods did Jews in the shtetl eat on a regular Wednesday?
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