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The moon rises behind the skyline of lower Manhattan as the "Tribute in Light" is tested ahead of the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in New York City on Sept. 8, 2025, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. (Getty Images, via JTA)
A rabbi explains why his synagogue is hosting a conversation between his congregants and Muslims from the Arab world.
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Charlie Kirk is shown here last May debating with students at The Cambridge Union in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. (Nordin Catic/Getty Images for The Cambridge Union via JTA)
The Turning Point USA founder was an outspoken supporter of Israel in conservative politics.
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Israeli-American Harel Kopelman shows off a traditional Albanian motif at the entrance to his "Albanian Night" exhibit in Tirana. (Larry Luxner via JTA)
Israelis and other tourists are finding a warm welcome in Albania, which ranks among the world’s fastest-growing tourist destinations.
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A student's illustration of the concept of God's "beyondness," indicated by the Hebrew word l'eilah, from a class in North Carolina about the names of God. (Courtesy of Rebecca Ben-Gideon via JTA)
How Jewish educators around the country are getting their students to think about God.
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The Elie Wiesel stamp, which scheduled to be released on Sept. 17, features a 1999 black-and-white photo of the Nobel Peace Prize winner by Russian-born portraitist Sergey Bermeniev. (USPS via JTA)
The late Holocaust survivor, writer, activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner will be featured in the “Distinguished Americans” stamp series.
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Children enjoy outdoor games at Kibbutz Erez, one of the Israeli border communities near Gaza. (Larry Luxner via JTA)
American Jews are helping the effort to rebuild and rehabilitate Israeli communities near Gaza through a program initiated by UJA-Federation of New York.
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Rock singer and peace activist Bono is shown here at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival last May. (Lionel Hahn/Getty Images, courtesy of JTA)
In his statement, Bono wrote that the Netanyahu government “deserves a categorical and unequivocal condemnation.”
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Displaced Palestinians carry food parcels as they raid trucks carrying humanitarian aid in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on Aug. 9,. (AFP via Getty Images, courtesy of JTA)
Citing the “Jewish imperative to act,” the donation from New York’s Jewish federation will go to IsraAID, an Israeli disaster relief organization that operates abroad.
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A Box of Grossinger's Rye Cracker Boards, produced by Streit's Matzos. (Courtesy Harris Salomon via JTA)
Streit’s is making a cracker version of the bread served at the legendary Borscht Belt resort, in conjunction with an upcoming TV show about it.
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A Russian drone strike on the Nachlas Eliezer Synagogue in the Peresyp district of Odesa caused significant damage to the building. (Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt/X, courtesy of JTA)
The synagogue strike comes weeks after one Chabad rabbi’s apartment was hit and another was targeted in his car.
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