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Deborah Benaim is creating a cookbook to showcase her family's food, which has influences from Morocco, Spain, Moldova and Venezuela. (Courtesy of Benaim)
“If I had a nickel for every time that someone said, ‘Oh my gosh, you’re Latin and Jewish?! How is that possible?’” says Venezuelan-born chef Deborah Benaim.
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Shais Rishon's latest book, "Ariel Samson: Freelance Rabbi," tells the story of a 20-something black rabbi. (Courtesy of Rishon)
“I’m so excited to write this, so there is no confusion,” Shais Rishon says. “I’m an African-American author, yes, and a Jewish-American author, yes — both. To put the Jew of color entry into Jewish American fiction.”
Read MorePairing Yiddish and dogs may seem strange today, but it would have been even more unusual 100 years ago, said Burko, who received a doctorate in modern Jewish history from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York.
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Christine Blasey Ford prepares to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, Sept. 27, 2018. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
How Jewish law and ethics can help us understand the misconduct claims.
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Etrogim can come with a hefty price tag, such as this one that retailed for $345 in Brooklyn. (David Moster)
The Bible isn’t quite clear about which fruit God wants the Jews to use to celebrate Sukkot.
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Jennifer Jade Ledesna, center, plays a singer at a Havana nightclub in “Hatuey: Memory of Fire,” a love story set in 1931 Cuba. (Maria Baranova)
The opera is having its U.S. premiere at Montclair State University as part of the suburban New Jersey school’s Peak Performances series.
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The Rosh Hashanah custom of dipping apples in honey had its start among Ashkenazi Jews. (Liron Almog/Flash90)
Brian Finkel, the co-founder of a company selling organic date honey, says the product has 25 percent less sugar and a lower glycemic index than bee honey and is a great source of antioxidants.
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Recently arrived migrant families speaking with volunteers at the Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen, Texas, June 21, 2018. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
The trip, which is being organized by the Anti-Defamation League and the Jewish refugee aid group HIAS, includes meetings with American and Mexican government officials, immigration attorneys and humanitarian workers.
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Jon Stewart at a film festival in Montclair, N.J., May 7, 2016. (Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Montclair Film Festival)
On Aug. 20, The New York Times reported that two goats wreaked havoc on the N subway line in Brooklyn.
Read More“I always got a little defensive about that because if I’m going to literally perform my blackness for an audience, I want it to be on my terms. I don’t want the terms dictated to me.” –Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell
Read MoreJerry Wexler persuaded Franklin to leave Columbia Records in 1966 and sign with Atlantic Records, where he was an executive. Wexler would go on to produce multiple albums of hers.
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