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Scharf faced antisemitic attacks during his failed run for Missouri attorney general
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Inside the auction house driving the rare-book craze in the Orthodox world
Booming sales at Genazym are credited to a newly affluent Orthodox community willing to spend on heritage items
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‘Not a time to be silent’: Reform Israeli rabbi and lawmaker urges American Jews to take a stand on Israel’s constitutional crisis
Gilad Kariv warns that Israel’s right-wing government has more plans to curtail democracy and religious pluralism
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Alarmed by their country’s political direction, more Israelis are seeking to move abroad
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‘A challenge to the soul of man’: 80 years ago, Hollywood stars pleaded for Europe’s Jews
The audience at the mass memorial overflowed Madison Square Garden, the site four years earlier for a rally of American Nazis
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Sports On Team Israel, locker room talk turned to politics
It was not lost on any that protests were roiling the country they were representing at the World Baseball Classic
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How a Florida bill could hurt Jewish studies
Vague wording around critical theory could mean drastic changes for how, or if, humanities courses are taught
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Aruba’s new rabbi comes out of retirement to lead a congregation in ‘paradise’
Alberto Zeilicovich was born in Argentina, led congregations in Colombia and the United States and had retired to Israel before taking the position
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Sports Jacob Steinmetz, Orthodox pitcher, strikes out trio of Dominican stars in WBC debut
Steinmetz faced six all-stars in Israel's World Baseball Classic game. He struck out three of them.
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Conservative political activism has grown increasingly crusading. These Jews feel right at home.
CPAC is a safe space for politically conservative Jews and also a nexus for tropes and themes that can alienate Jews
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For Zionist LGBTQ group, Israel’s right-wing government has created an urgent crisis
A Wider Bridge has doubled its donations to Israeli LGBTQ groups this year, in the face of an Israeli government that includes anti-LGBTQ officials
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As companies raise alarm about court changes, a question: When is it OK to boycott Israel?
Israel advocacy organizations haven't treated new threats to disinvest as an Israel boycott, prompting claims of hypocrisy
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