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Helen Reddy converted to Judaism after marrying her Bronx-born manager, Jeff Wald, in 1968. (Tony Russell/Redferns/Getty Images via JTA)
The popular ’70s singer converted to Judaism in 1968 after marrying her second husband and manager.
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Sports journalist Jemele Hill (left) and NBA Basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Paras Griffin/Getty Images for ESSENCE; Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
The basketball legend and a noted sports journalist criticize statements made by high-profile African-American athletes and entertainers that perpetuate anti-Semitic canards.
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Redefine Meat plans a large-scale distribution of its Alt-Steak products in 2021. (Courtesy of Redefine Meat)
Trying to capitalize on the fast-growing global market for meat alternatives, an Israeli startup company has created a plant-based steak using a 3-D printer.
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Gene Simmons of the heavy metal band Kiss is shown here performing in Los Angeles in March of 2020. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for ABA, courtesy of JTA).
Kiss frontman Gene Simmons says his late mother almost never spoke about her experiences during the Holocaust, but a German newspaper recently provided plenty more information.
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Security officers take precautionary measures after multiple people, including a police officer, were killed in a shootout at a kosher market in Jersey City, N.J., on Dec. 10. (Photo by Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
The gunmen who entered a Jersey City kosher supermarket and engaged in a deadly shootout with police deliberately chose the store, the city’s mayor said.
Read MoreWhite House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller promoted white nationalist materials to the right-wing website Breitbart News as the 2016 presidential election neared, according to a report on the website of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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The home of Palestinian Islamic Jihad senior commander Baha Abu al-Ata was hit by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on Nov. 12, killing al-Ata and his wife in what the Israel Defense Forces called a "surgical strike." (Hassan Jedi/Flash90)
More than 150 rockets were fired on southern and central Israel Nov. 12, after the Israel Defense Forces killed a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader in Gaza.
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Firefighters work to contain the Getty Fire as it burns homes in the Brentwood Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles on Oct. 28. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Wildfires across California have led to the evacuations of several Jewish institutions in the Los Angeles area and communities in the northern part of the state.
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Demi Lovato is shown here at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas in 2018. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for dcp)
Pop star and actress Demi Lovato has apologized to those who may have been offended by her trip to the Jewish state.
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Israel's national baseball team at the European Championships in Germany. (Israel Association of Baseball Facebook page)
In a historic first, Israel’s national baseball team qualified for a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Roee and Adiel Kiviti are shown with their son, Lev, and daughter, Kessem. (Photo courtesy of Immigration Equality)
Roee and Adiel Kiviti are suing the U.S. State Department for refusing to grant birthright citizenship to their infant daughter.
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