Ricky Mason set to help lead Scouting America; First Jew to hold the volunteer post in 50 years
Ricky Mason, left, incoming national executive board chairman for Scouting America; National...
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Category: History
A dangerous divide among American Jews
By MICHAEL BERENHAUS JNS A cloud has loomed over Israel for decades. It is not abstract, and it is not exaggerated. It is an explicit, repeated and increasingly credible threat of destruction. What is new—and deeply troubling—is...
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Under the stars on Mount Herzl, Israel marks 78 years of independence
The 78th anniversary Independence Day ceremony held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 21, 2026....
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May 3 documentary at SJCC reveals overlooked Shoah women’s history
A still from the “999: The Forgotten Girls” documentary slated to be shown at the SJCC film...
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Margo B. Singer to show Cuba photos at May library exhibit
Inside Adath Israel, the sole Orthodox synagogue in Cuba, located in Old Havana where the group...
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Israel counts 111,000 Holocaust survivors in 2026
Holocaust survivor Jerry Stein, who survived the Auschwitz concentration camp and immigrated to...
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Neutrality in the fight against genocidal terror isn’t moral
Emblem of the papacy This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other...
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Debating the death penalty while confronting terror
A vote on the death penalty for terrorists who murder Israeli civilians at the auditorium in the...
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Chocolate model seder in Clifton Park whets appetite for the real thing
Left: Ethan Pyle and Jackie Pajak’s grandson Ronnie play games at the recent chocolate seder....
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Jewish life in Venezuela, pre- and post-Chávez: A personal experience— planned as Zoom lecture
SAMY YECUTIELI SCHENECTADY – Congregation Agudat Achim will host a lecture titled “Jewish Life in...
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From the pharaoh to the present: The persistence of anti-Jewish conspiracies
JOE KENT By MOSHE PHILLIPS JNS Perhaps the most shocking thing about the remarks Joe Kent released...
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The Prague Haggadah, ‘created mold from which Haggadot would be illustrated for years to come’
A copy of the Prague Haggadah on view at Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., in 2021. Photo...
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