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The Londonskaya Hotel on Odessa's Primorsky Bulvar is one of the city's landmark buildings. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Study: Across former Soviet Union, Jews in towns suffer more than city residents

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Russian and Ukrainian Jews feel much safer in big cities, a new large poll finds. First results of the extended study “Jews of the Post-Soviet Space” were presented yesterday at the ISGAP-Oxford Summer Institute 2019 for...
Karen Glenn, a 12-year-old at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School in Palo Alto, Calif., chose ORT for her “Tzedakah Day” project, with its emphasis on children's education. Credit: Courtesy.

California day-school student homes in on Israeli education for ‘tzedakah’ project

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A Jewish day-school student has visited ORT projects in Israel after researching the organization’s work for her school tzedakah project. Karen Glenn, a 12-year-old at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School in Palo Alto, Calif., decided to research...

Israeli rabbinical student learning and teaching at camp

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Every summer, dozens of Israeli emissaries arrive at Jewish summer camps in Canada with the goal of linking Israel and the Diaspora. Israeli rabbinical student Yosef Baruch, 43, arrived in Canada on Aug. 4 and...
Israeli poet Natan Zach, who died on Nov. 6, 2020 at the age of 89. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90.

Israel Prize-winning poet Natan Zach dies at 89

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Natan Zach, an Israeli writer who had a major impact on the development of modern Hebrew poetry, died on Friday at the age of 89. Zach published more than two dozen books, including several that...
Reciting commemorative prayers from the Hebrew Bible. Credit: kaddishinitiative.com.

Mass prayers to be held for Jews buried in Arab countries

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Diaspora and Israeli organizations and communities representing millions of Jews around the world will participate on Saturday in a mass Kaddish (Mourners’ Prayer) and say a specially designed azkara (Memorial Prayer) for Jews buried in inaccessible...
Israeli-American pitcher Dean Kremer, starting for the Baltimore Orioles, on April 6, 2021. Source: Screenshot.

Israel makes history at ‘The House That Ruth Built’

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Baltimore Orioles pitcher Dean Kremer holds the distinction of being the only Israeli to pitch at “The House That Ruth Built.” After Tuesday night’s start against the Yankees in New York City, he reported that...
Diego Schwartzman. Photo by Howard Blas.

Jews (and even an Israeli) match rackets at US Open

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When Diego Schwartzman outlasted Kevin Johnson in Wednesday night’s rain-drenched match—requiring relocation from Louis Armstrong to Arthur Ashe Stadium mid-game—he became the identified Jewish player who is guaranteed to go deepest in this year’s...
The late U.S. Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in 2016. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Harry Reid remembered for deep identification with Jewish community and Israel

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Former Democratic leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol next week, was remembered by Jewish leaders and former staff as someone who deeply respected the Jewish community...
Gal Gadot. Credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr.

Gal Gadot to become first Israeli actor with Walk of Fame star

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Gal Gadot will next year become the first Israeli actor or actress to be honored with a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. “This is unbelievable. I’m so, so grateful and thankful and humbled,” said Gadot...
Senior citizens enjoy a meal for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover, organized by the "Keren Leyedidut"(International Fellowship of Christians and Jews) organization, in the southern Israeli town of Sderot. April 10, 2014. Photo by Edi Israel/Flash90.

Israel Welfare ministry invites seniors, Holocaust survivors for free holiday hospitality

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The Israeli government is working to ensure that no senior citizen or Holocaust survivor enter the upcoming holiday season alone, opening up a hotline for eligible participants to receive free holiday accommodations and inclusion...