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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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  • 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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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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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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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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  • 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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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

Jason Schwartzman plays a small-town cantor with a spiritual crisis in ‘Between the Temples’

Jason Schwartzman plays a small-town cantor with a spiritual crisis in ‘Between the Temples’

  • August 22, 2024

Courtesy of JTA.Robert Smigel, left, portrays a rabbi and Jason Schwartzman is a cantor in […]

A ‘Bachelorette’ contestant this season is the great-great-grandson of the last chief rabbi of Kovno

A ‘Bachelorette’ contestant this season is the great-great-grandson of the last chief rabbi of Kovno

  • August 22, 2024

Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Disney/John Fleenor‘Bachelorette’ Jenn Tran gives a rose to Jewish contestant […]

France suspends Olympic runner for anti-Israel posts, including one wishing the ‘most terrible and horrible degree of hell’ for Zionists

France suspends Olympic runner for anti-Israel posts, including one wishing the ‘most terrible and horrible degree of hell’ for Zionists

  • August 22, 2024

Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Cameron Spencer/Getty ImagesMuhammad Abdallah Kounta during the 4 x 400-meter […]

Queenie Hallegua, second-to-last Jewish resident of historic Indian Jewish community, dies at 89

Queenie Hallegua, second-to-last Jewish resident of historic Indian Jewish community, dies at 89

  • August 22, 2024

Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Rabbi Jonathan Goldschmidt via FacebookQueenie Hallegua was the warden and […]

Congratulations to Team Ohio for their Participation in the 2024 JCC Maccabi Games!   

Congratulations to Team Ohio for their Participation in the 2024 JCC Maccabi Games!   

  • August 15, 2024

Submitted by The Mayerson JCC  Team Ohio recently competed in the 2024 JCC Maccabi Games […]

Pulling at the strings of a difficult history, German volunteers weave hopeful bonds

Pulling at the strings of a difficult history, German volunteers weave hopeful bonds

  • August 15, 2024

For the past 11 months, Mattis Gunter (center left) and Neele Ehlers (center right) have […]

Murder case dismissed against man charged with killing Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll

Murder case dismissed against man charged with killing Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll

  • August 15, 2024

Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Andrew Lapin/Jewish Telegraphic Agency Samantha Woll, president of the Isaac […]

Former Cornell student gets 21 months for threats to kill, rape Jews

Former Cornell student gets 21 months for threats to kill, rape Jews

  • August 15, 2024

Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Katrin Bolovtsova/Pexels Gavel (JNS) — Patrick Dai, 22, a former […]

‘Abhorrent antisemitic messages’ at Bethesda elementary school

‘Abhorrent antisemitic messages’ at Bethesda elementary school

  • August 15, 2024

Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Kat Wilcox/Pexels Police crime scene tape (JNS) — The Montgomery […]

Florida to its public colleges: Audit Jew-hatred

Florida to its public colleges: Audit Jew-hatred

  • August 15, 2024

Courtesy of JNS. Ray Rodrigues, chancellor of the state university system of Florida (JNS) — […]

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