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U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Nov. 14, 2018. Credit: Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian.

On pre-holiday call, Trump highlights exiting Iran deal, backing Holocaust education, battling anti-Semitism

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In the annual call on Friday ahead of the Rosh Hashanah holiday between Jewish communal leaders and the president of the United States, U.S. President Donald Trump recalled a friend telling him that neither...
A memorial outside of the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh following the mass shooting on Oct. 27, 2019 that left 11 Jewish worshippers dead. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Justice demands the death penalty for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter

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The reaction to the decision of the U.S. Department of Justice to pursue the death penalty for Robert Bowers from the Jewish community was entirely predictable. The man who stands accused of perpetrating the...
Eliana Cohen, 2, of Aventura, Fla., received a highly expensive drug called Zolgensma to treat spinal muscular atrophy after the Jewish community raised more than $2.2 million for the family. Credit: Screenshot.

Jewish community raises more than $2 million in five days for drug to treat...

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The Jewish community in and outside South Florida raised more than $2 million for a young couple in Aventura, Fla., to be able to afford the world’s most expensive treatment—a $2.1 million drug called...
“First 7 Minutes” training was led by Magen David Adom senior paramedic Raphael Herbst, who has responded to numerous terror attacks in Israel. Credit: MDA.

Magen David Adom conducts counter-terror and emergency-response training in Milwaukee

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Following recent armed attacks against religious and public institutions in the United States, including attacks at synagogues, churches, schools and colleges, Magen David Adom, Israel’s national EMS service, conducted three days of terrorism- and...
Torah Anytime presenting their project in the 2018 Impact Accelerator competition. Credit: OU.

Orthodox Union opens applications for second cohort of impact accelerator

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The Orthodox Union has launched the application process for the second cohort of its Impact Accelerator project to rapidly identify and invest in ventures addressing current and future Jewish communal interests. The program runs more than 12...
Large groups of illegal aliens were apprehended by Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents near Yuma, Ariz., on June 4, 2019. Credit: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Photo by Jerry Glaser.

Is support for open borders really in tune with Jewish values?

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American Jews have a long and understandable tradition of advocacy for immigrants. That’s due in part to the fact that most Jews were the children and grandchildren of immigrants as the community first began...
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Lessons from Israel’s first US ambassador

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After the slanderous assaults on American Jews and on Israel by U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), there was a slew of condemnations from many sectors of the American political establishment...
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Israel needs American Jewry, now more than ever

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The Jewish diaspora in the United States is becoming increasingly estranged from Israel. American Jewish youth are being pushed away from affiliation with the Jewish state, and some Jewish students are even forced to hide...
Sticker given after a U.S. citizen votes. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

To assist voters, American Jewish Congress launches ‘Jewish Guide to U.S. Politics’

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The American Jewish Congress is launching a one-of-a-kind “Jewish Guide to U.S. Politics,” a platform that summarizes the positions and voting records of the 2020 presidential candidates and all U.S. senators, on relevant facts to ground American Jews...
Jewish Agency Israeli Emissaries in training at Kibbutz Shfayim. The Jewish Agency for Israel hosts and facilitates several training events annually throughout March and April for the 1,400 young adults who will leave in June for the United States. Photo by Talia Garber.

Summer camp serves as a bridge between young Israelis and Diaspora Jewry

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Kibbutz Shfayim is simply gorgeous. With palm trees and Hebrew signs everywhere, it doesn’t have the feel of an American summer camp. Yet somehow, with enough American camp staff,  small bunk-like guest houses and goofy...