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Dr. Abraham Orkin Freedman's 1921 photograph of the Western Wall shows men and women davening together at Judaism's holiest site. (Courtesy Tower of David Jerusalem Museum)
The Tower of David Jerusalem Museum is collecting photographs of the Western Wall ahead of an exhibition next year marking the 60th anniversary of the Six Day War.
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Rabbi Robyn Fryer Bodzin stands in front of Jerusalem's Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism. (Courtesy Bodzin via JTA)
Proposed legislation in Israel would transfer authority of the entire Kotel to the Chief Rabbinate, writes Rabbi Robyn Fryer Bodzin.
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Attendees wave flags at the Jerusalem March for Pride and Tolerance on Thursday, June 4. (Theia Chatelle via JTA)
Opposition leader Yair Lapid spoke at Thursday’s Jerusalem rally, which drew 10,000 participants and 2,000 police officers.
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Members of the Jewish Brigade, a division of the British Army that fought Italian fascists, are seen in March of 1945. (Yad Vashem Photo Archives via JTA)
In Italy, the Jewish Brigade’s flag has unfairly become a flashpoint in today’s battles over Zionism and anti-fascism, writes Dr. Ginaluca Fantoni.
Read MoreInspired by his Israeli grandmother’s cooking, Chef Raz Shabtai of Miami’s Mutra restaurant says the award was for “the entire Jewish community.”
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Youssef Sarhan, a 9-year-old violinist from Majd al-Krum, participates in The Jerusalem Orchestra East & West’s youth initiative. (Yaakov Buta via JTA)
The Jerusalem Orchestra East & West, which arranged the program for young musicians, blends Western orchestral music with Middle Eastern traditions.
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Regular breast cancer screenings can lead to early detection of breast cancer. (Halfpoint Images/Moment via Getty Images via JTA)
From AI to weight-loss medications, here are the ways that breast cancer diagnoses and treatments are changing.
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The Fairmount Temple, shown under construction, was one of 50 synagogues designed by Percival Goodman, inset, between 1948 and 1983. (Cleveland Memory Project, Cleveland State University Library Special Collections; Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University via JTA)
What does it mean to be fully present with each other and the sacred, asks Maryland-born cultural anthropologist Alanna E. Cooper.
Read MoreWhy not honor your mom by making a donation to a nonprofit that supports women and children?
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Antisemitic and anti-Israel graffiti was recently found outside Greenwood Elementary School in Olney. (Google Streetview via JTA)
Schools in Montgomery County have recently experienced a wave of antisemitic incidents.
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A photo of the interior of Deborah Brodie and Jay Brill's residence in Derwood, Maryland, near Rockville. (Jonathan Edelman via JTA)
For 35 years, the late Deborah Brodie, aka Bubbie Cookie, amassed a collection of over 200 Jewish ritual objects, which she used to teach her Hebrew school students with special needs.
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