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Kosherfest in Secaucus, N.J., is the world’s largest kosher trade show, Nov. 14, 2017. (Josefin Dolsten)
These are the five most unexpected foods and beverages JTA sampled at this year’s Kosherfest.
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YIVO announced last month the discovery of 170,000 Jewish documents that were thought to be destroyed by the Nazis. (Thos Robinson/Getty Images for YIVO Institute for Jewish Research)
In 1991, the Lithuanian government said it found 150,000 documents kept in a church, but the new discovery appears to surpass that collection both in terms of size and the condition of the documents, said Jonathan Brent, YIVO’s executive director.
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Michelle Carlo Newman is a Puerto Rican physician helping to provide relief to those affected by the hurricane. (Josefin Dolsten)
The local Jewish community, which numbers about 1,000 and whose members are mostly well off, did better than most. Many left the island prior to the storm.
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Eitan Press, second from right, says he has “anointed” the beards of hundreds of men, including these Jewish pilgrims in Uman, Ukraine, Sept. 20, 2017. (Aleph Male)
Aleph Male beard balms are made in Jerusalem using a base of coconut oil, beeswax, shea butter and Vitamin E oil.
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This Passover Haggadah from 1902, one of very few Hebrew manuscripts recovered from Saddam Hussein’s intelligence headquarters, was hand-lettered and decorated by an Iraqi youth. (National Archives)
The archive is set to be exhibited at the Jewish Museum of Maryland from Oct. 15 to Jan. 15.
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GatherDC is hosting a Yom Kippur event at the Sauf Haus Bier Hall & Garten in Washington. (Courtesy of Sauf Haus Bier Hall & Garten)
Aaron Potek, the 31-year-old rabbi for GatherDC, a nondenominational group that does outreach to young Jewish professionals, is hoping to reach young Jews who otherwise would not attend synagogue on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.
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President Donald Trump, standing with his wife, Melania, daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, inside of the inaugural parade reviewing stand in front of the White House, Jan. 20, 2017. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
As the year 5777 comes to a close, JTA looks back at some of the moments that had the most significance for Jews.
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Mike Tolkin, the youngest candidate in the Democratic primary for New York mayor, at a city cafe, Sept. 5, 2017. (Josefin Dolsten)
Mike Tolkin launched his mayoral campaign in January, meeting with New Yorkers from all parts of the city. He left the startup world a few months later to pursue the political effort full-time.
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Deevee Kashi is the founder and CEO of Deed, a startup that offers an easy way for millennials to volunteer. (Courtesy of Kashi)
With Deed, Kashi wants not only to make it easy for people to volunteer, he wants to transform the way nonprofits interact with volunteers.
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Ayala Hodak showing ghormeh sabzi, a Persian dish she cooked with the Jewish Food Society, at her home in Tenafly, N.J., Aug. 15, 2017. (Josefin Dolsten)
The project, which launched officially in March and receives financial support from several Jewish foundations, has added over a dozen recipes to its online archive, and more are on the way.
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