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Breaking News
  • 1 The Wizard of Oz, Youth Edition
  • 2 Rabbi Solomon T. Greenberg dies at 87 
  • 3 Lifeguard classes now in session
  • 4 One night only: an evening of song with Simon Barrad & Rachel Kobernick
  • 5 You’re Invited: AJC Cincinnati to Host University President Dr. Ora Pescovitz
  • 6 Adath Israel Sisterhood Honors Lisa Kadosh
  • 7 Own Your Voice: Empowerment & Self Defense for Families
  • 8 Food For Thought Book & Film Club
  • 9 Ohio AG sues HUC to block closure of Reform seminary, new rabbinical school emerges
  • 10 Yom HaShoah commemoration calls community to remember — and to speak 
  • Featured
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The Wizard of Oz, Youth Edition

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  • May 7, 2026
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Rabbi Solomon T. Greenberg dies at 87 

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  • May 7, 2026
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Lifeguard classes now in session

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  • May 7, 2026
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One night only: an evening of song with Simon Barrad & Rachel Kobernick

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  • May 7, 2026
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Local

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The Wizard of Oz, Youth Edition

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  • May 7, 2026
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  • Featured
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Rabbi Solomon T. Greenberg dies at 87 

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  • May 7, 2026
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  • Featured
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Lifeguard classes now in session

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  • May 7, 2026
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  • Featured
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One night only: an evening of song with Simon Barrad & Rachel Kobernick

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  • May 7, 2026
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  • Featured
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You’re Invited: AJC Cincinnati to Host University President Dr. Ora Pescovitz

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  • April 30, 2026
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  • Featured
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Adath Israel Sisterhood Honors Lisa Kadosh

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  • April 30, 2026
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  • Featured
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Own Your Voice: Empowerment & Self Defense for Families

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  • April 30, 2026
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  • Featured
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Food For Thought Book & Film Club

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  • April 30, 2026
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National

  • National

U of Michigan apologizes after faculty chair praises pro-Palestinian students during commencement speech

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  • May 7, 2026
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‘Sesame Street’ post celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month draws support, backlash

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  • May 7, 2026
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Trump signs bill into law funding most of DHS, ending 76-day partial shutdown

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  • May 7, 2026
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Graham Platner, who opposes Israel and had a Nazi tattoo, set to be Maine’s Democratic Senate candidate

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  • May 7, 2026
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  • National

‘Thought it was end of my life,’ says Jewish man attacked near Los Angeles synagogue

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  • May 7, 2026
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NH lawmaker reprimanded for ‘final solution’ joke aimed at Jewish colleague

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  • May 7, 2026
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Mamdani shares video of keffiyeh-clad door knocker, raising questions, hackles of Jewish New Yorkers

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  • May 7, 2026
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National Briefs: May 7

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  • May 7, 2026
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International

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Jewish man arrested for allegedly firing pellet gun at left-wing activists in Rome

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  • May 7, 2026
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Venice Biennale jury resigns after clash over Israel, Russia

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  • May 7, 2026
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  • International

Keir Starmer: ‘If you stand alongside people who say Globalize the Intifada, you are calling for terrorism against Jews’

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  • May 7, 2026
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  • International

Australian concert for Bondi Beach victims nixed after singers refuse to perform with Jews

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  • May 7, 2026
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  • International

Holocaust center in Oslo sparks outrage over ‘Nakba’ lecture

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  • May 7, 2026
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International Briefs: May 7

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  • May 7, 2026
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Spain, Ireland renew pressure to suspend EU-Israel pact, but key powers reject move

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  • April 30, 2026
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UK to vote on banning IRGC, prime minister says

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  • April 30, 2026
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Israel

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US embassy in Beirut urges direct Lebanon-Israel talks, cites ‘historic opportunity’

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  • May 7, 2026
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  • Israel

Seismic shift in Israeli politics as opposition leaders Lapid and Bennett form joint party

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  • May 7, 2026
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Israeli Navy intercepts Gaza flotilla hundreds of miles from Strip

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  • May 7, 2026
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Ukraine threatens sanctions against Israel for buying ‘stolen’ grain from Russia

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  • May 7, 2026
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  • Israel

A maverick Arabic news outlet exposes Hamas’s abuse of Gazans

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  • May 7, 2026
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Israel Briefs: May 7

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  • May 7, 2026
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Israel, Lebanon agree to extend ceasefire three weeks, Trump says

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  • April 30, 2026
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  • Israel

Looming large over Israel’s 78th Independence Day celebrations: Argentina’s Javier Milei

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  • April 30, 2026
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Columnists

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Not Just a Kids Story Anymore

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  • May 7, 2026
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  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Living and Learning

Self-exploration & getting to know you

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  • May 7, 2026
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  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Columnists
  • Parenting Plus

May means Mother’s Day

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  • May 7, 2026
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  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Dining Out

Sacred Beast any time, all the time 

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  • May 7, 2026
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  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Today in Israeli History

Today in Israeli History: May 8 – May 14

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  • May 7, 2026
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  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Bad Joke of the Week

Bad Joke of the Week: Change

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  • May 7, 2026
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  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Jews in the News

Jews in the News: Animals, Sheep, A Punisher, & Hill’s Back(!)

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  • May 7, 2026
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  • Arts & Entertainment
  • From the Pages

From the Pages: May 7, 2026

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  • May 7, 2026
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Judaism

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Parshat Behar-Behukotai — Leviticus 25:1–27:34

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  • May 7, 2026
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  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Sedra

Parshat Emor — Leviticus 21:1–24:23

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  • April 30, 2026
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  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Sedra

Parshat Acharei Mot – Kedoshim — Leviticus 16:1–18:30

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  • April 23, 2026
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  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Sedra

Parshat Tazriya Metzora — Leviticus 12:1-15:33

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  • April 16, 2026
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  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Sedra

Parshat Shemini — Leviticus 9:1–11:47

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  • April 9, 2026
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  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Sedra

Pesach

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  • April 2, 2026
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  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Sedra

Parshat Tzav-Shabbat Hagadol — Leviticus 6:1 – 8:36

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  • March 26, 2026
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Parshat Vayikra — Leviticus 1:1 – 5:26

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  • March 19, 2026
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Obituaries

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The ‘godfather of denim’ was an Italian designer whose Jewish father was murdered at Auschwitz

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  • May 7, 2026
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  • Obituaries

Matan Koch, disability advocate who urged Jewish communities to ‘let everyone in,’ dies at 44

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  • April 30, 2026
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  • Obituaries

Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, beloved Jewish Theological Seminary professor and author, dies at 73

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  • April 23, 2026
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  • Obituaries

Eliot Engel, longtime NY congressman whose defeat augured a swell of anti-Israel sentiment, dies at 79

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  • April 16, 2026
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  • Obituaries

Remembering Sean Bartel

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  • April 9, 2026
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  • Obituaries

Marshall Weinberg, 95: The JTA president who didn’t know what a blog was — but knew right from wrong

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  • April 2, 2026
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  • Obituaries

Elaine Grossinger Etess, third-generation owner of legendary Catskills resort, dies at 98

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  • March 26, 2026
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  • Obituaries

Andrea Weiss, trailblazing Reform rabbi who merged scholarship and activism, dies at 60

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  • March 19, 2026
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E Editions

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April 23, 2026

April 16, 2026

At a Glance

Federal grand jury indicts Ohio man for antisemitic attack at DC synagogue

Federal grand jury indicts Ohio man for antisemitic attack at DC synagogue

  • September 19, 2024

Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: AgnosticPreachersKid via Creative CommonsKesher Israel, located on the northwest corner […]

Penn creates new Title VI religious and ethnic inclusion office

Penn creates new Title VI religious and ethnic inclusion office

  • September 19, 2024

Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: House Committee on Education and the WorkforceFrom left: Claudine Gay […]

Brown University trustee resigns in protest of school’s upcoming Israel divestment vote

Brown University trustee resigns in protest of school’s upcoming Israel divestment vote

  • September 19, 2024

Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Anibal Martel/Anadolu via Getty ImagesBrown University students set up a […]

Dozens of NYC rabbis urge UJA to support ceasefire and hostage deal

Dozens of NYC rabbis urge UJA to support ceasefire and hostage deal

  • September 19, 2024

Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Luke TressMarchers call for the release of hostages in Gaza […]

MSCI accused of using site tied to Gaza hostage holder to penalize companies doing business with Israel

MSCI accused of using site tied to Gaza hostage holder to penalize companies doing business with Israel

  • September 19, 2024

Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: sergeitokmakov/PixabayStock market (JNS) — In July, the heads of three […]

This year’s USPS Hanukkah stamp is a simple menorah with a warm backstory

This year’s USPS Hanukkah stamp is a simple menorah with a warm backstory

  • September 19, 2024

Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Courtesy of USPS. Design by Jackie HajdenbergThis year’s new Hanukkah […]

Swiss parliamentarians vote to stop UNRWA funding

Swiss parliamentarians vote to stop UNRWA funding

  • September 19, 2024

Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Swiss Parliament in Bern, Dec. […]

Board of Deputies announces three-year plan to increase unity among British Jews

Board of Deputies announces three-year plan to increase unity among British Jews

  • September 19, 2024

Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: CourtesyPhil Rosenberg, president of the Board of Deputies of British […]

Columnists resign from London Jewish Chronicle amid allegations that Gaza news was fabricated

Columnists resign from London Jewish Chronicle amid allegations that Gaza news was fabricated

  • September 19, 2024

Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Jewish Chronicle/Heritage Images/Getty ImagesThe London Jewish Chronicle on sale outside […]

Montreal park dedicated to Oct. 7 victim Alexandre Look

Montreal park dedicated to Oct. 7 victim Alexandre Look

  • September 19, 2024

Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Amelie BotbolAlain and Raquel Ohnona Look uncover the plaque bearing […]

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