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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell (left) is shown here in 2001 with the late Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem. (Getty Images/Pool photo, via JTA)
The son of Jamaican immigrants who grew up in the Bronx, Powell was the first secretary of state to speak Yiddish as a second language.
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Del. Shane E. Pendergrass (D-13th): “I have a long history of, when people do things that are unacceptable, of standing up and letting them know." (James M. Thresher/The The Washington Post via Getty Images via JTA)
Howard County lawmaker makes headlines after fellow delegate invokes the Holocaust while talking about mental health care treatment for children.
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Anne Neuberger serves as the deputy national security adviser for cybersecurity in the Biden administration's National Security Council. (Photo courtesy of the NSA)
NBC retracts a report charging the Biden administration’s deputy national security adviser for cybersecurity of dual loyalty.
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MAGA Madness: Pro-Trump supporters are shown gathering on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images, via JTA)
Pro-Trump protesters breach the U.S. Capitol.
Read MoreThe Jewish Maryland legislator set up a fund to honor the memory of his son.
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Sudan's Sovereign Council chief, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, speaks during the opening session of the First National Economic Conference in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum last September. (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP) (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP via Getty Images, via JTA)
Sudan and Israel announce they will end their state of belligerency and normalize relations.
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Firefighters douse a blaze at the scene of an explosion at the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut, Aug. 4, 2020. (Ibrahim Amro/AFP via Getty Images)
Israel has offered Lebanon humanitarian assistance after a massive explosion at Beirut’s waterfront killed at least 30 people and injured thousands.
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Jason Alexander of "Seinfeld" fame (top right) invites non-Jewish celebs Josh Groban (top left), Darren Criss (bottom left) and Rachel Brosnahan to join him for a virtual seder webcast on YouTube. (Screenshot provided by JTA)
In some ways, the ‘Saturday Night Seder’ can be viewed as a watershed cultural moment for Jews.
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President-elect Donald Trump (right) is shown with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House in 2018. (File photo)
Despite their similarities and common viewpoints, the U.S president and Israeli leader have taken different approaches in the pandemic.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi rips up a copy of President Donald Trump's speech after he delivered the State of the Union address. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
President Trump delivers arguably the most partisan State of the Union address in history.
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The late Leonard Cohen is shown here performing at the O2 Arena in London in 2013. (Photo by Brian Rasic/Getty Images)
The son of celebrated Canadian poet-singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen is releasing a new album of his late father’s music.
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