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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 
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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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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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One night only: an evening of song with Simon Barrad & Rachel Kobernick

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  • May 7, 2026
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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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Adath Israel Sisterhood Honors Lisa Kadosh

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

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

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  • April 30, 2026
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National

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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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‘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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Holocaust center in Oslo sparks outrage over ‘Nakba’ lecture

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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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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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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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  • Living and Learning

Self-exploration & getting to know you

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  • May 7, 2026
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  • 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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Judaism

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

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  • May 7, 2026
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  • Sedra

Parshat Emor — Leviticus 21:1–24:23

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  • April 30, 2026
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  • Sedra

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

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  • April 23, 2026
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  • Sedra

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

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  • April 16, 2026
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Parshat Shemini — Leviticus 9:1–11:47

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  • April 9, 2026
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Pesach

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  • April 2, 2026
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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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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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Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, beloved Jewish Theological Seminary professor and author, dies at 73

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  • April 23, 2026
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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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Remembering Sean Bartel

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  • April 9, 2026
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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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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

Jewish Family Service of Cincinnati receives Alzheimer’s Association Grant to improve respite care for people living with dementia and their caregivers

Jewish Family Service of Cincinnati receives Alzheimer’s Association Grant to improve respite care for people living with dementia and their caregivers

  • August 22, 2024

Submitted by JFS Jewish Family Service of the Cincinnati Area (JFS) has been awarded $147,206 […]

Tel Aviv’s ‘Hostage Square’ is coming to Chicago for the DNC — whether or not a pro-Israel march gets a permit

Tel Aviv’s ‘Hostage Square’ is coming to Chicago for the DNC — whether or not a pro-Israel march gets a permit

  • August 22, 2024

Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Michael CannonArtist Tomer Peretz works on an installation planned for […]

Where will the Gaza war be discussed at the DNC? Answers emerge, but major questions remain

Where will the Gaza war be discussed at the DNC? Answers emerge, but major questions remain

  • August 22, 2024

Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Ron KampeasHatem Abudayyeh, a spokesman for the Coalition and U.S. […]

In speech about antisemitism, Trump blames Harris and focuses on anti-Israel forces

In speech about antisemitism, Trump blames Harris and focuses on anti-Israel forces

  • August 22, 2024

Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Adam Gray/Getty ImagesRepublican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump […]

‘Serious and constructive’ talks in Doha, US, Egypt and Qatar say

‘Serious and constructive’ talks in Doha, US, Egypt and Qatar say

  • August 22, 2024

Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Chuck Kennedy/U.S. State DepartmentU.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets […]

After UK riots against Muslims and refugees, British Jews grapple with extremism that targeted them, too

After UK riots against Muslims and refugees, British Jews grapple with extremism that targeted them, too

  • August 22, 2024

Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Drik/Getty ImagesFar-right activists hold an ‘Enough is Enough’ protest in […]

Jewish family divided since Russian Revolution united via online genealogy research

Jewish family divided since Russian Revolution united via online genealogy research

  • August 22, 2024

Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Photo enhanced and colorized by MyHeritageKaterina Schneider with Mina and […]

Three Negev residents arrested for plotting terror attacks

Three Negev residents arrested for plotting terror attacks

  • August 22, 2024

Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Dr. Avishai Teicher Pikiwiki Israel via Wikimedia CommonsThe town of […]

Wives of Hamas hostages pen heart-wrenching Tu B’Av letters

Wives of Hamas hostages pen heart-wrenching Tu B’Av letters

  • August 22, 2024

Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: CourtesyRaz and Ohad Ben Ami were abducted from Kibbutz Be’eri […]

Weizmann Institute, Hebrew U, Technion among world’s top 100 schools

Weizmann Institute, Hebrew U, Technion among world’s top 100 schools

  • August 22, 2024

Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Doron Horowitz/Flash90Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, […]

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