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Olney Synagogue Vandalized With Anti-Zionist Rhetoric

On his way to school Tuesday morning, Sen. Craig Zucker’s son saw through the bus window that Shaare Tefila Congregation’s signs had been vandalized. Vandals...

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Opinion: The Battle for the Classroom Is the Battle for the...

Steve Rosenberg America’s classrooms are under siege. Not from budget cuts or test scores, but from an ideology that undermines our very foundations of liberty,...

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DC’s Eliza Schloss Reconnects to Judaism Through Activism

After a traditional Jewish upbringing that tapered off after her bat mitzvah, Eliza Schloss found her way back to Judaism through activism. “I didn’t really...

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B’nai Tzedek’s Cantor Marshall Kapell Creates Full-Circle Moments

Inspired by his childhood cantor and mentor, Cantor Marshall Kapell is passing the music and Jewish learning on to the next generation. The Arlington resident...

Food & Dining

Kosher Port Wine: The Return of Porto Cordovero

Jules Polonetsky The kosher wine world is like the fashion industry — constantly changing, with producers often gambling on what will be the next big...

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‘Nothing Definitive’ on Iran, Trumps Says of Meeting With Netanyahu

Andrew Bernard U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss negotiations with Iran was inconclusive...

Arts & Culture

PEN America Withdraws Support for Israeli Comedian Facing Canceled Shows

One of America’s leading free-speech groups has withdrawn its support for an Israeli comedian after previously describing the threatened cancellation of his shows as...

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Amid Critical Doctor Shortage, Israel Launches International Program to Bring 2,000 Physicians by 2029

By Larry Luxner TEL AVIV — Dr. Olivia Keller-Baruch had long dreamed of working as a doctor in Israel. Originally from Montreal, she knew making the move...

These Jewish Day Schools Embracing AI are Reimagining Education for the High-Tech Era

By Peter Ephross In one classroom, students create a podcast featuring an “interview” with the prophet Elijah. In another, instructors teach Jewish prayers using AI-created songs...

With Antisemitism and Costs of Living on the Rise Elsewhere, This Jewish Day School...

By Larry Luxner DALLAS — Meral Tubi and her Israeli husband Kfir never imagined they’d one day leave their Los Angeles home to move to Texas. But...

Forging Israel’s Quiet Heroes: Inside the Holtz Air Force High School

By Elana Sztokman When in June the Israeli Air Force launched a high-stakes mission to bomb elements of Iran’s nuclear arsenal, many of the technical crews...