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What Trump’s appointment of a Soros protege tells us about the right’s real priorities
President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of George Soros protege Scott Bessent to lead the Treasury illustrates the right's ...
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We can be thankful this year — and Jewish wisdom can help
Yes, we are living in a time of uncertainty and dread this Thanksgiving season, but Jews have some experience with that.
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Uruguay elects a left-wing president who is not anti-Israel, a rarity in Latin America
( JTA) — Like many of his fellow Latin American leaders, Uruguay’s new president-elect is left-wing. But Yamandu Orsi, who ...
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Senior Biden aide celebrates Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire in call with Jewish leaders
Amos Hochstein, President Joe Biden’s envoy to the Middle East, celebrated on Wednesday the administration’s first major ...
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Barbra Streisand recorded here — and so did Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, John Lennon and, uh, The Village People
Founded in 1969, the Hit Factory — where artists like Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Barbra Streisand recorded — still lives up to its name.
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When the bar mitzvah boy’s dad is running for mayor
Scott Stringer and Elyse Buxbaum on their son’s Torah portion, about sibling rivalry and reconciliation, as metaphor for ...
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Netanyahu was right to end the war in Lebanon — now Gaza must follow
A ceasefire with Hezbollah is a win for Netanyahu. But a similar agreement must follow in Gaza to move Israel forward.
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How the biggest antisemitic riot in America transformed Jewish history
A new book by Scott Seligman examines the 1902 riot that broke out at the New York funeral of Rabbi Jacob Joseph.
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10 wicked ways to avoid talking about Gaza and Trump this Thanksgiving
Want to avoid having your Thanksgiving overtaken by conversations about Trump and Gaza? We have 10 wicked tips for how to ...
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The day I, a Jewish kid from the Bronx, left a Vermont salesperson flabbergasted
Avram Patt, a former state representative of Vermont, shares a story proving that a knowledge of Yiddish can come in handy.
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There aren’t Jewish fighters in Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator II.’ But what about in ancient Rome?
Excavators first unearthed the barracks in the late 1700s. Among the ruins they found a bronze helmet, with a circular brim, ...
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Israel’s boycott of Haaretz is straight out of the authoritarian playbook
Israel's sanctions against Haaretz, along with its jailing of journalists, are a threat to democracy,right out of the ...