Seven survivors of the Parkland school shooting were among 2,500 Jewish high school students who attended the annual conference of the Chabad’s CTeen youth group last weekend.
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By Ben Sales, JTA
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2/28/18
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UTRECHT, Netherlands — To the dozens of revelers at this city’s main Purim party, a Jewish grandmother who cooks the event’s annual Persia-themed holiday feast is a rare communal …
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
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2/28/18
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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach closed the 2018 Winter Olympic Games on Sunday, declaring the Olympics “an homage to the past and an act of faith for the …
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By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, JNS
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2/28/18
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Fifteen-hundred supporters flocked to The Sands Atlantic Beach on Thursday evening, Feb. 15, to salute Achiezer and its dedicated board and staff.
The “Tribute of a …
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By The Jewish Star, Photos by Christina Daly
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2/21/18
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It’s a bitterly cold winter morning in Brooklyn, but Brenda, a 101-year-old woman in a Jewish hospice facility suffering from severe short-term memory loss, has a special group of visitors show …
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By Sarah Seltzer for MJHS via JTA
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2/14/18
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For the more than 3,000 women who filled each table—every inch of the ballroom at the New York Hilton Midtown hotel—it came as no surprise that such significant news would be announced …
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By Carin Smilk, JNS
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2/14/18
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TOMSK, Russia — When two strange men approached 8-year-old Herzl Tsam in an alley of his hometown in what is now Ukraine, he knew that he had to run as fast as his legs could carry him.
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
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2/7/18
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Yachad LI held its first Tu B’Shvat Supermarket Challenge, hosted by the Kosher Guru (at right). Yachad members and high school peers arrived at J2 Pizza in Lawrence where they split into seven …
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2/7/18
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MOSCOW — Growing up in a working-class family in Russia’s Far East, Sergei Aryeh Zolotov knew the French Riviera only from what he’d seen in James Bond movies.
A student in his …
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
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2/7/18
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NEWS: The Orthodox Union, after a year of discussions with various stakeholders and in the face of some opposition, has established parameters for a three-year period during which the umbrella body …
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2/7/18
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