Katie Rosenberg likely would have made headlines in any case for being elected mayor of Wausau, a small city in central Wisconsin. She’s 36, for one thing, young for an executive, and …
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By Ron Kampeas, JTA
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4/22/20
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Brazil’s new health minister isn’t Jewish, but the Brazilian media were quick to point out that Dr. Nelson Teich had the support of the South American …
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By Marcus M. Gilban, JTA
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4/22/20
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Dating back to the International Conference against Racism in Durban, South Africa, in 2001, many of the human-rights organizations that the public turns to for objective data have increasingly …
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By Sarah N. Stern
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4/22/20
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If you search “Anne Frank,” you will find an abundance of tweets that say she had it much better than us after a week in quarantine. And I feel like I am losing my mind.
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Commentary by Sophie Levitt, Alma
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4/14/20
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The Jewish owner of a bagel chain in Scotland said she was “shocked” after the landlord of one of her stores called her request …
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JTA
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4/12/20
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A second synagogue was vandalized in Huntsville, Alabama, days after another one was plastered with anti-Semitic slurs.
The Chabad of Huntsville was spray-painted with swastikas and …
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JTA
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4/12/20
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The new HBO show based on Philip Roth‘s novel “The Plot Against America,” helmed by David Simon, the Jewish creator of “The Wire,” has made a splash with …
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An appraisal by Lior Zaltzman, JTA
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3/25/20
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In a febrile atmosphere of intensifying anti-Semitism, Jews ought to be watching the international spread of the coronavirus and the resulting illness of those infected with the kind of alarm that …
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By Ben Cohen
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3/11/20
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Over the course of our millennial history, Jews have had many encounters with contagious diseases. Often we’re blamed for them.
Maybe I’m paranoid, but I can’t help feel …
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By Henry Abrahmson
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3/11/20
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Amid growing concern over the increasing hostility towards the Jewish state that’s crept into mainstream talk, a meeting at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA) considered the …
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By Judy Lash Balint, JNS
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3/6/20
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