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Returning In-Person, Jewish Poets-Jewish Voices Features Poem on Lviv and More

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  LA JOLLA, California — The first in-person program of Jewish Poets-Jewish Voices in two years took place in the Astor Judaica Library Tuesday evening, October 25, and featured three Southern California poets, Nathan Grinshpun,...

Jewish actress has whirlwind week with 2 TV shows and feature film

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Most would consider appearing on two TV shows and a feature film in a month a great feat. Dalya Knapp, 12, managed to do it in a week. The Jewish actress from New Jersey had a...

After beer incident goes viral, comedian uses Jimmy Kimmel performance to joke about growing...

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Jewish comedian Ariel Elias, the star of a recent viral video clip in which a beer is thrown at her on stage before she calmly chugs some of it, continued her newfound time in...

A shared understanding

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In 2008, when Israel celebrated the 60th anniversary of its birth as a modern nation-state, David Sickey took note, moved by the young nation’s story of struggle and hard-won independence. Then vice chairman of the...

US Postal Service celebrates Hanukkah with ‘forever’ stamp

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American Judaica artist Jeanette Kuvin Oren is well-known for her work in many media. She designs unique Torah mantles, ark curtains, chuppah wedding canopies, ketubah marriage contracts, papercuts, stained glass and nearly any ritual object or decoration a...

Ted Deutch brings bipartisan spirit from Congress to the Jewish world

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In an era when Israel and other issues of concern to the Jewish community are often political football, former Democratic Congressman from Florida Ted Deutch affirmed the role of the American Jewish Committee, where...

Graffiti of medieval knight discovered in Jerusalem

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Archeologists have discovered a fifteenth century graffiti inscription thought to be by one of Switzerland’s most admired medieval military figures, on a wall in the King David Tomb complex on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. Adrian...

New Masa report: young adults on long-term Israel programs more engaged with Judaism

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When Jennifer Handel was growing up, she didn’t engage in any Jewish formative activities. But once she participated in Masa ETF, a long-term young professionals program in Israel, everything changed. “Without my Masa program, I...

Parashat Bereishit: Beginning Anew With the Right Mindset

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SAN DIEGO — With Bereishit We Begin Learning Torah… With our holiday season behind us, we begin anew by recounting the Seven Days of Creation, reading the story of the very first Shabbat – Hashem’s Shabbat....

Efrat’s Sukkah of Peace: Building hope from the ground up

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Defying possible retribution by the Palestinian Authority and others, around 20 Arabs who live under the P.A. in Gush Etzion joined with some 50 of their Jewish neighbors to break bread and get to...