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‘Bad Yiddish’ is theme of the 2025 virtual Yiddish conference, Farbindungen
For the past four years, academics in Yiddish-related fields have been flocking to a unique online conference on topics that ...
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Alamo Drafthouse employees petition to scrap screenings of 1972 Munich film ‘September 5’
Workers at the Brooklyn location of Alamo Drafthouse are petitioning to stop screenings of 'September 5,' about the Munich ...
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For Bob Dylan and Lazslo Toth, Jewish reinvention has its limits
As Bob Dylan and Laszlo Tóth, Timothée Chalamet and Adrien Brody depict different, but related trajectories for Jewish ...
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British authorities chastise a Jewish charity for fundraising for an Israeli soldier
Raising funds for a soldier of a foreign military is illegal under U.K., the Charity Commission told a London Chabad center.
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‘Like the burning bush’: Rabbi’s book survives Holocaust – and the Los Angeles fire
LA fires destroyed Rabbi Levine Grater’s house, but his copy of the Warsaw Ghetto rabbi’s book 'Sacred Fire' survived.
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2 synagogues in Sydney graffitied with swastikas
( JTA) — Two synagogues in Sydney were defaced on consecutive days with swastikas and other antisemitic language.
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LA fires displaced them. But their bar mitzvahs went on.
LA fires won’t stop bar mitzvahs this Shabbat but they will relocate them to generous synagogues opening their doors.
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‘Just things’ — like what my LA neighbors have lost — are what makes houses into Jewish homes
When the ashes are cool, it will be time to help fire victims replace irreplaceable Judaica, an Angeleno writes.
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Celebrating Shabbat in Los Angeles: Amid the fires, a still, small voice
Should I rush back to prepare for services, or drop by another home to light Shabbat candles with a family who had just ...
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HIAS cuts 22 staff even as it braces for Trump immigration crackdown
HIAS, the storied Jewish refugee advocacy agency has laid off 20% of its workers since discovered a massive budget error in ...
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What a remarkable Torah rescued from Iran — then LA’s fire — can teach about community amid devastation
The Persian Torah rescued from the LA fire that engulfed the Pasadena Jewish Center is a powerful emblem for persistence and ...
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A synagogue that survived the Palisades fire has become a ‘refuge’ for many who lost their homes
You could fill the sanctuary with your congregants who lost their homes,” a reporter told Kehillat Israel’s clergy.