Everyone knows that accumulating credit card points can reap significant awards. Now select young Jews returning home from Birthright trips to Israel can accumulate a different kind of points toward …
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By E.J. Kessler for the OU
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2/13/19
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WASHINGTON — Rep. Ilhan Omar started a firestorm by saying on Twitter that Congressional support for Israel “is all about the Benjamins,” alleging that AIPAC pays lawmakers to …
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By Ron Kampeas, JTA
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2/13/19
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The hatred spewed by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has gone from bad to worse. In a Sunday evening Twitter rant, she suggested that Republicans support Israel because rich Jews bribe GOP members of …
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By Jeff Dunetz
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2/13/19
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Widespread condemnation and demands for punitive action are following the latest anti-Jewish tweets by Michigan Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar. Sunday’s tweets employed hateful anti-Jewish …
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By The Jewish Star and combined sources
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2/13/19
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Sen. Cory Booker literally carried a rabbi on his back until he (figuratively) cast same rabbi into the waters, like a forgotten sin.
Booker, who is African-American, announced his presidential …
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By Ron Kampeas, JTA
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2/6/19
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When New York state liberalized its abortion law last week, the Catholic Church and Southern Baptist Convention unsurprisingly released statements slamming the action. And they were joined by two …
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By Ben Sales, JTA
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2/6/19
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One evening about 30 years ago, my girlfriend, who is now my wife, returned to her small flat in London with her eyes swollen with tears, and the backs of her knees and thighs covered in painful …
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By Ben Cohen
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2/5/19
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Only days after being sworn into the Illinois House of Representatives, Rabbi Yehiel Kalish paid a visit to Israel. The father of six said he needed guidance from rabbis in the Jewish state to serve …
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By Josefin Dolsten, JTA
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1/31/19
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When Yaniv and Marcia Gliksman and their children moved a few years ago to St. Lucia — an idyllic island nation nestled among the Windward Islands at the eastern edge of the Caribbean Sea …
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From Chabad.org
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1/31/19
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BELMONTE, Portugal — To a casual observer, the weekend routines of the Jewish community of this placid town of about 6,000 in eastern Portugal are deceptively normal.
There are Shabbat …
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
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1/22/19
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