Jewish World

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After 50-something years, and to the astonishment of our children and grandchildren, at the end of June my husband and I packed up our things and left Jerusalem, moving halfway across the country to settle in Zichron Yaakov, a quaint, hilltop village overlooking the sea. ...
Synagogues across the country are re-evaluating their plans for in-person High Holiday services as the Delta variant spreads. ...

Aaron Rahimi, the founder of MeetJew University Dating, is a 24-year-old political science student at San Diego State University. As

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Natan Sharansky, hero of the Soviet Jewry movement and former head of the Jewish Agency, is recovering from a rough

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In 1980, we wrote about the fight to boycott the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin—and why the protest ultimately didn't come to pass. ...

Love her or hate her, one thing is clear: Julia Haart, the 50-year-old self-described ultra-Orthodox Jew turned fashion mogul and

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In our latest issue, we asked joke tellers, writers and scholars: What's your favorite Jewish joke—and why? Now, we want to hear from you. ...

More than 2,500 people showed up at the National Mall next to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC in solidarity

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The “No Fear” rally was designed to present a Jewish community united in its concern over recent spikes in attacks and in hatred directed at Jews. ...

[Update: Danny Fenster was released back to the U.S. in November and has continued his work as an editor for

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As Texas inmate John Hummel was executed on Wednesday evening for killing his pregnant wife, 5-year-old daughter, and father-in-law in

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In 2017, Tanya Singer found herself in need of refuge after watching her son survive brain surgery. To cope, she

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