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Claudia Sheinbaum swears as Mexico City Mayor and becomes the first Jewish Chief of...

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Although she is not the first woman to hold office (before Rosario Robles did it on an interim basis between 1999 and 2000), she is the first to gain access to the mayor's office...
Young Israelis light candles for the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah at a bar in Tel Aviv on Dec. 8, 2015. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Study of American, Israeli Jews shows differences in Hanukkah observance

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A new study reveals that Hanukkah holds different levels of importance to Israeli Jews than American Jews, and highlights disparities in participation between Jews in the two countries. According to the newest Jewish People Policy...
Anatoly Altman

Russian Prisoner of Zion Anatoly Altman dies at age 77

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Former Prisoner of Zion Anatoly Altman, one of a group of Jews arrested by Soviet officials for attempting to hijack a plane to Israel, died on Thursday in Haifa. He was 77 years old. Born...

Epsteins donate $1 million to UC San Diego

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Daniel and Phyllis Epstein’s move to La Jolla in 1986 started them on a path to becoming loyal advocates and supporters for their neighbor, the University of California San Diego. “UC San Diego is so...
United Hatzalah “Ten Kavod” volunteers from Kfar Saba set out on a mission to improve an elderly water sports enthusiast’s quality of life by helping him experience the sea in a way he had not done since a life-changing double amputation. November 2018. Credit: United Hatzalah.

‘A Team of Angels’: Helping an amputee find a reason to live

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Two weeks ago, United Hatzalah “Ten Kavod” volunteers from Kfar Saba set out on a mission to dramatically improve an elderly water-sports enthusiast’s quality of life by helping him experience the sea in a...
American inventor Rube Goldberg. Credit: Official Rube Goldberg Facebook page.

Thinking, writing, reworking and rewiring in the likes of Rube Goldberg

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This Thanksgiving season, there are several opportunities to experience the legendary Rube Goldberg. The Rube Goldberg Cartoon Gallery features the cartoon “simple way to carve a turkey,” as well as many other classic whimsical inventions “for...
Rabbi Mendy Zwiebel, left, is out on the streets of Chico, Calif., often with his family, helping those who were devastated by fire. Credit: Chabad.org/News.

With 76 dead and 1,200 missing, sifting through the burnt embers of Paradise

It seemed like just a regular morning in Paradise. It was Nov. 8, and Randy Stein had an early-morning doctor’s appointment in the nearby town of Oroville, Calif. His wife, Lois, joined him, leaving...
Fla. Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera; to his left is Florida Gov. Rick Scott, soon to be senator. Credit: Screenshot.

Meet Carlos Lopez-Cantera: Florida’s first Jewish governor (for five days)

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With Florida Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson conceding his re-election bid on Sunday to Republican Gov. Rick Scott, the state will have its first Jewish governor on an interim basis for five days when Scott is sworn...
Lt.-Col. Tzachi Revivo, deputy commander of the Meiav Unit, speaking to a Tzofim member at a New York school in October. Credit: IDF Spokesperson Unit.

IDF enlistment officer describes ‘moving encounters’ with North American Jewish youths

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“That was a real wow for me,” said Lt.-Col. Tzachi Revivo, deputy commander of the Meitav recruitment unit of the Israel Defense Forces, who recently visited North America and acknowledged being moved by encounters...
A Hanukkah celebration at the JCC in Budapest, known as the Balint House. Credit: JDC.

Hungarian Jews examine long-lost identity, and a JCC is there to help them

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Jews in Hungary are discovering their roots for the first time since the end of Communist rule in 1989, and the only Jewish Community Center in the country is helping them get closer to...