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In 1938, Nazis are shown barring Jewish students in Austria from entering the University of Vienna. (Corbis via Getty Images, via JTA)
Fighting antisemitism is crucial to ensuring the top global position held by American universities, write the chancellor of UCLA.
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The Yigal Alon school in Ramle, one of just a few mixed Arab-Jewish schools in Israel, offers a rare and tangible model for how to bolster coexistence in Israel. (Courtesy of Amal via JTA)
The Yigal Alon school in Ramle, one of just a few mixed Arab-Jewish schools in Israel, offers a model for how to bolster coexistence in Israel.
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A settler wearing a soldier's uniform aims his rifle at Jews and Palestinians participating in an olive harvest in the West Bank on Nov. 4. (Courtesy of Rabbi Sarah Reines via JTA)
Three decades after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, Israel still reels from unchecked violence and extremism, writes Rabbi Sarah Reines.
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A student (left) meets with a social worker at the Hillel at Baruch College in New York. (UJA, via JTA)
UJA and campus Hillels at CUNY are working together to help Jewish college students navigate financial, academic and mental-health challenges.
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A father of four and grandfather of one, Kamran Hekmati, 70, owns and operates a successful jewelry business in Manhattan's "Diamond District."
A 70-year-old jeweler from Long Island, Kamran Hekmati is currently incarcerated at Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison.
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Supporters at former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s election night party watch as the election is called for Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Nov. 4, in New York City. (JTA)
From Texas to Annapolis to Tel Aviv, invitations go out to Jews fleeing ‘Mamdani’s New York.’
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In the Chagall State Hall of the Knesset, Rep. Nancy Pelosi is shown here with then-Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy in 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90, JTA)
The exit of the longtime congressional leader clears a path for Scott Weiner, a Jewish politician who said he would challenge her in the next election.
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Adam Brody and Kristen Bell star in the Netflix series "Nobody Wants This." (Photo by Erin Simkin/Netflix)
While promoting some stereotypes about Jews, the popular Netflix show should be supported by Jews who want to expand and enrich their community, writes Rabbi Lisa Rubin.
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Demonstrators gather at Congregation Beth Elohim in the Brooklyn, New York, neighborhood of Park Slope on Oct. 13 to protest Zohran Mamdani's appearance at the synagogue. (JTA)
The founder of an upstart group called The Jewish majority says he is fighting an information war with left-wing Jews in Mamdani’s tent.
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Jean Dujardin (left) portrays Georges Picquart and Louis Garrel plays Alfred Dreyfus in Roman Polanski’s “An Officer and a Spy.” (Provided photo)
Roman Polanski’s “An Officer and a Spy” captures the Dreyfus affair period and some important lessons, write Rebecca Kobrin and Maurice Samuels.
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Ben Yehuda Pizza is located at 1370B Lamberton Drive in the Kemp Mill community of Silver Spring (Courtesy Ben Yehuda Pizza, courtesy of JTA)
Ben Yehuda Pizza is located in an Orthodox area that is home to many workers affected by the government shutdown.
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