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Meet the 97-year-old British-Israeli man who holds the Guinness World Record as the world’s oldest journalist
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Published April 28, 2021
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Bernard Israel, 90, longtime sexton of Highland Park synagogue
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Published June 12, 2020
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Published June 8, 2020
Felicia Friedman, 94, Holocaust survivor who refused to relinquish her faith
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Published June 4, 2020
Hundreds of Israelis, angry with police violence at home, protest the George Floyd killing in Tel Aviv
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Published June 2, 2020
Suzy Levy, 66, dedicated nurse who refused to retire
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Published May 20, 2020
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Published May 7, 2020
Sidney Fleischer, 102, decorated war veteran who fought in eight battles
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Published April 28, 2020
Alex Klein, 71, kosher caterer whose prayers stormed the heavens
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Published April 23, 2020
Benjamin Levin, 93, last surviving member of the legendary Avengers partisan group
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Published April 22, 2020
Michael Sorkin, 71, urban planner who proposed design for a Palestinian capital in Jerusalem
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Published April 22, 2020
Mark Steiner, 77, celebrated philosopher of mathematics
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Published April 21, 2020
Evelyne Cohen, 93, fled Tunisia to become matriarch of a large family
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Published April 20, 2020
Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron, former chief rabbi of Israel, dies of COVID-19 at 79
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Published April 13, 2020
Martin Fox, 95, past president of JTA and Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ
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Published April 13, 2020
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Published April 7, 2020
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Published April 6, 2020
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Published April 6, 2020
The coronavirus hasn’t stopped immigration to Israel
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Published March 27, 2020
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Published March 18, 2020
On the streets of Ramallah, Palestinians shrug at Trump’s peace plan
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Published January 30, 2020
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin takes a lead role in pushing back against Europe’s Holocaust revisionism
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Published January 28, 2020
Putin skews Holocaust history at global Auschwitz commemoration event in Jerusalem
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Published January 23, 2020
With Holocaust summit in Jerusalem, Israel gets dragged into Europe’s memory wars
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Published January 22, 2020
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Published January 8, 2020
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Published December 27, 2019
US court sentences Israeli in $140 million scam to 22 years in prison
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Published December 19, 2019
New York state providing $10 million to protect religious institutions
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Published December 19, 2019
Prince Charles to visit Israel and West Bank in official capacity
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Published December 18, 2019
Boris Johnson to push anti-BDS agenda as British prime minister
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Published December 16, 2019
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Published December 16, 2019
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Published September 17, 2019
Burning Man festival features Holocaust camp-themed Barbie exhibit
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Published September 5, 2019
Reform leader Gilad Kariv wants to be the first non-Orthodox rabbi in Israel’s parliament
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Published August 22, 2019
The grandson of Ukrainian strongman Stepan Bandera reckons with his family legacy of Nazi collaboration
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Published August 14, 2019
Pittsburgh rabbi calls on US attorney general to forgo death penalty for synagogue gunman
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Published August 14, 2019
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Mahmoud Abbas snubs visiting Republicans
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Published August 14, 2019
California Board of Education rejects proposed ethnic studies curriculum that angered Jews
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Published August 14, 2019
California Jewish legislators hang mezuzahs on office doors in symbolic move
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Published August 12, 2019
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Published August 12, 2019
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Published August 12, 2019
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Published August 7, 2019
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Published August 7, 2019
Canadian Anglican Church to remove prayer for conversion of Jews
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Published August 7, 2019
Netanyahu says no to unity government
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Published August 7, 2019
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Published August 6, 2019
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Child advocates blast systemic failures in Israel’s handling of sex abuse cases
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Published July 1, 2019
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Published June 21, 2019
First openly gay Orthodox rabbi ordained in Jerusalem
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Published May 27, 2019
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Published May 24, 2019
Israel’s Eurovision planners say rockets won’t stop the music
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Published May 6, 2019
Michael Cohen reports to America’s ‘Jewiest’ prison
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Published May 6, 2019
Hundreds attend funeral of American killed by Hamas rocket
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Published May 6, 2019
Netanyahu: Gaza battle ‘not over’ despite ceasefire
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Published May 6, 2019
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Published May 3, 2019
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Published March 26, 2019
Holocaust scholars worry that memory is a victim of Israel’s warming ties with Eastern Europe
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Published January 29, 2019
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Published January 3, 2019
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Published December 27, 2018
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Published December 26, 2018
UMass student asked to remove ‘F*** Nazis’ sign because it’s not inclusionary
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Published December 24, 2018
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Published December 24, 2018
Israel heading to elections as coalition dissolves
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Published December 24, 2018
Pace of haredi Orthodox integration into Israeli life slowing down
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Published December 19, 2018
West Bank settlement construction drops in third quarter
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Published December 19, 2018
Announcing new tunnel, Netanyahu says Lebanon responsible for Hezbollah’s actions
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Published December 19, 2018
Alice Walker endorses anti-Semitic tract in a New York Times feature
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Published December 18, 2018
In wake of attacks, settlers ratchet up pressure on Netanyahu government
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Published December 17, 2018
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Published December 14, 2018
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Published December 12, 2018
Netanyahu is mired in multiple scandals. So why is he so popular?
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Published December 5, 2018
I’m a reporter. I left my synagogue because of attacks on the media.
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Published November 26, 2018
Israelis are blunt and rude. You got a problem with that?
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Published November 15, 2018
In Israel, missile alert apps save lives — and spread anxiety
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Published November 14, 2018
Israeli city’s first woman mayor is a reluctant icon for Orthodox feminism
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Published November 9, 2018
Israeli lawmakers debate American anti-Semitism without American Jewish input
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Published November 6, 2018
Genesis Prize funds groups looking to close Israel’s stubborn gender gap
Sam Sokol
Published September 4, 2018
Sarah Tuttle-Singer pulls in readers — and trolls — with her warts-and-all portrayal of Israel
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Published August 31, 2018
Carl Reiner, 96, ‘impressed’ with himself for being oldest-ever Emmy nominee
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Published August 23, 2018
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