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Cantor Philip Sherman has appeared in more than a dozen roles in commercials, TV series and movies, mostly playing a religious Jew.(Courtesy of Philip Sherman)
“Over the years it’s been a lot of fun,” Cantor Sherman said. “It’s just one thing that I get to do, and you get to meet all sorts of interesting people.”
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The Impossible Burger is served at Shelly's Cafe in Teaneck, N.J., with cheddar, avocado, tomato, lettuce, sriracha mayonnaise and a side of homemade potato chips. (Josefin Dolsten)
The Impossible Burger is a meatless patty that has made waves for tasting and looking just like the real thing.
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Rabbi Georgette Kennebrae grew up in a military family that moved between Japan and Oklahoma. (Josefin Dolsten)
Jewish organizations are increasingly focusing on embracing diversity within their own communities and highlighting the voices of Jews of color.
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American, Canadian and Israeli flags are displayed in the S.H. and Helen R. Scheuer Chapel on the Cincinnati campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. (Ady Manory)
Though the American flag was officially adopted in 1777, it grew in stature in 1814, the year in which Francis Scott Key wrote what became the national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
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The National Museum of American Jewish Military History in Washington, D.C. (Courtesy of National Museum of American Jewish Military History)
Doron Horowitz, senior national security adviser at the Secure Community Network, said his organization was not aware of any other Jewish sites targeted on July 12.
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Brett Kavanaugh at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., the day after he was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court on July 10, 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Progressive groups raised flags about the pick, saying Brett Kavanaugh’s record shows he would be a threat to reproductive rights and separation of church and state, while an Orthodox group said it was happy about his record on religious liberty.
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Brett Kavanaugh and his wife Ashley shown in the Rose Garden of the White House in June 2006 as he was sworn in as a federal appeals judge. (Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images)
Orthodox groups are likely to welcome a court that protects public religious expression over strict separation, as it did in a recent ruling confirming a baker’s right to refuse to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding.
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The royal family, with Prince William in the center alongside his wife, Catherine, and their two children, in London during the Trooping the Colour. (Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images)
Prince William is set to arrive June 25 in Israel on a trip that is sure to be closely watched by the British and Israeli media, as well as fans of the royal family around the world,
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Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein wants people of all backgrounds to feel welcome in his Brooklyn community. (Josefin Dolsten)
Growing up in the Orthodox community of Monsey, N.Y., as the son of an African-American mother who converted to Judaism and a white Ashkenazi father who became religious later in life, Isaiah Rothstein knows what it’s like not to fit in.
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