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Madeleine Albright, first female US secretary of state, dies at age 84

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Madeleine Albright, the first woman to hold the position of U.S. secretary of state, has died of cancer at the age of 84. A statement...

For Putin, this war is personal

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“No one since Stalin has had power in Russia like Putin does,” said Stephen Blank, a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s...

Philadelphia Jewish Exponent sold to Mid-Atlantic Media

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Mid-Atlantic Media, LLC, bought, effective Feb. 28, the 135-year-old Jewish Exponent from the Jewish Publishing Group, a subsidiary of the Jewish Federation of Greater...

Ukrainian Jews, scarred by a bloody history, find themselves refugees once again

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Across Ukraine, Jews are engaging in a historically Jewish experience: becoming refugees. And hundreds of them from Odessa have headed to an unlikely destination, the...

Sexual misconduct report names Reform mvt.’s longtime youth director

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By Asaf Shalev The last of three investigations into sexual misconduct in the Reform movement concluded Thursday with the release of a report focused on...

‘Christian veterans’ protest outside Jewish politician’s home as pastor compares vaccine mandates to Nazis

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By Stephen Langel, Ron Kampeas and Andrew Lapin Cleveland Jewish News via JTA A staged protest at the home of a Jewish politician in Ohio has...

The new Florida? Record number of U.S. retirees relocated to Israel in 2021

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Sponsored By Larry Luxner TEL AVIV — A few weeks ago, Joel Tenenbaum, 81, and Marilyn Berkowitz, 84, arrived in Tel Aviv on an El Al...

Amnesty International accuses Israel of apartheid

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Amnesty International on Tuesday became the latest human rights organization to describe Israel’s activities in relation to Palestinians as “apartheid” when it released a...

After 18 years, Ann Arbor condemns weekly synagogue protesters as antisemitic

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By Andrew Lapin ANN ARBOR, Mich. — For 18 years, a group of protesters has gathered every Saturday outside one of this city’s synagogues during...

Every picture is a living witness

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By Fran Kritz The walls of the main lobby of the Jerusalem Theater cultural complex are often a showcase for Israeli artists and photographers —...