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Randy Fine prevails in Florida special election, bringing tally of Jewish Republicans in Congress to 4

Sun Sentinel 02 Apr 2025
Randy Fine, a Jewish Republican backed by President Donald Trump, has prevailed in a special election in Florida’s 6th Congressional District ... “Because of you, Mr. President,” he tweeted. “I won’t let you down.”. For more info, go to JTA.org ....
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NY attorney general orders car wash to stop ripping off Jews with antisemitic ‘Passover special’

Sun Sentinel 02 Apr 2025
Last year, New York’s attorney general started investigating a car wash that, her office suspected, was scamming Jewish customers ... Otherwise, it will have to pay $75,000 ... He was charged the inflated price ... For more info, go to JTA.org ....
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How the Yiddish writer Chaim Grade’s last novel was rescued from the archives, and wrestled ...

Sun Sentinel 02 Apr 2025
On March 26, JTA writer Andrew Silow-Carroll Zoomed with Waldman and the book’s editor, Todd Portnowitz ... reflect the views of JTA or its parent company, 70 Faces Media. For more info, go to JTA.org.
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Cornell’s new Jewish president says he is ‘very comfortable’ with where the college is currently

Sun Sentinel 01 Apr 2025
But Mike Kotlikoff, Cornell’s new president, says he isn’t too worried that protest activity on his campus will ignite the kind of sweeping federal sanctions Columbia has faced ... “I periodically go to Shabbat ... For more info, go to JTA.org ....
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Israeli bourekas enter the American fast-food mainstream

Sun Sentinel 01 Apr 2025
When Gal and Uzi Waizman opened a shop in their Los Angeles neighborhood that was solely devoted to bourekas, a stuffed pastry ubiquitous in their native Israel, they weren’t sure whether locals would go for them ... For more info, go to JTA. org ....
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Nearly a quarter of Americans raised Jewish have left the religion, survey says

Sun Sentinel 31 Mar 2025
Almost one in four U.S. adults raised Jewish do not identify as religiously Jewish anymore, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center ... Smaller numbers have converted to another religion ... In contrast to the U.S ... For more info, go to JTA.org.
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These Modern Orthodox and observant Jews want to change their community’s conversation around the Gaza war

Sun Sentinel 31 Mar 2025
Frustrated that the trauma of Oct ... “The trauma of the Oct ... The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of JTA or its parent company, 70 Faces Media. For more info, go to JTA.org ....
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Once-isolated Albania hopes for Israeli tourist boom with launch of El Al direct flights

Sun Sentinel 31 Mar 2025
Albanian Night, a medieval mix of Balkan sights, sounds and tastes, is run by Kopelman, a 31-year-old Israeli-born ex-yeshiva student who grew up in Sunnyvale, California ... It is absolutely not true.” ... Related Articles ... For more info, go to JTA.org ....
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200,000 tourists a month are visiting the Nova massacre site in southern Israel

Sun Sentinel 26 Mar 2025
The Nova music festival, where more than 350 people were murdered on Oct. 7, 2023, has quickly become one of the most visited tourist destinations in Israel ... Other sites ravaged during the Oct ... For more info, go to JTA.org ....
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Pete Hegseth wanted to strike Houthis before Israel could, according to texts leaked to the Atlantic

Sun Sentinel 25 Mar 2025
But the article also details a debate over when and whether the United States should conduct the strike against the Houthis, who have been attacking Israel and international shipping in the Red Sea since Hamas’ Oct ... For more info, go to JTA.org ....
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Rabbi Eliyahu Fink, compassionate voice in the Orthodox world, dies in road accident at 43

Sun Sentinel 25 Mar 2025
Rabbi Eliyahu Fink, a prominent and empathetic voice on contemporary issues facing Jews in the Orthodox world, died early Friday morning in a car accident on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey. He was 43 ... In a Jan ... For more info, go to JTA.org ....
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Mike Huckabee, in confirmation hearing to be ambassador to Israel, says he won’t run US ...

Sun Sentinel 25 Mar 2025
Mike Huckabee, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Israel, told senators that while he personally supports Israel annexing the West Bank, he wouldn’t be directing the president’s policy in the region ... For more info, go to JTA.org ....
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A Palestinian man in Philadelphia served kosher bagels for decades. Then customers found his Facebook profile.

Sun Sentinel 24 Mar 2025
Gross declined to comment to JTA, but he issued a statement on Nov ... Five local rabbis declined to comment on the record to JTA for this story, or did not respond to requests for comment ... For more info, go to JTA.org.
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Yeshiva University recognizes LGBTQ student club, reversing a longtime ban

Sun Sentinel 24 Mar 2025
Yeshiva University has approved a new club for LGBTQ students, reversing a policy that it has spent years defending in court ... The dispute revolved around Orthodoxy’s prohibition against homosexual relations. Y.U ... For more info, go to JTA.org ....
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NYC’s Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum has a plan to protest Trump 2.0

Sun Sentinel 24 Mar 2025
In polarizing times, here’s something both sides can agree on. Opponents of Donald Trump’s agenda are struggling to offer any resistance ... A high-profile New York rabbi is trying to change that ... Related Articles ... Commentary ... For more info, go to JTA.org.

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