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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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  • 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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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 

  • AI Staff
  • May 7, 2026
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  • Featured
  • Local

Lifeguard classes now in session

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

  • AI Staff
  • 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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  • National

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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  • National

NH lawmaker reprimanded for ‘final solution’ joke aimed at Jewish colleague

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  • May 7, 2026
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  • National

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

  • International

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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  • International

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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  • Israel

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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  • Book Review

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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  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Sedra

Parshat Vayikra — Leviticus 1:1 – 5:26

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  • March 19, 2026
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Obituaries

  • Obituaries

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

  • AI Staff
  • 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

  • AI Staff
  • April 2, 2026
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  • Obituaries

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

  • AI Staff
  • 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

Walt’s Hitching Post salmon entrée worth the trip  
Outdoor signage at Walt’s Hitching Post

Walt’s Hitching Post salmon entrée worth the trip  

  • July 22, 2024

If you read this column on a regular basis, then you are aware of this […]

Kinky Friedman, singer and novelist who fronted The Texas Jewboys, dies at 79

Kinky Friedman, singer and novelist who fronted The Texas Jewboys, dies at 79

  • July 22, 2024

Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: JTA filesKinky Friedman styled himself after popular American satirists Will […]

Cries before annihilation

Cries before annihilation

  • July 22, 2024

I never cried the entire time I was in Poland. I expected to, but I […]

Fred and Karen Abel: Champions of community and legacy  

Fred and Karen Abel: Champions of community and legacy  

  • July 11, 2024

Danielle V. Minson, Jim Friedman, Karen Abel, Fred Abel, Dara Abel, David Harris Submitted by […]

Jackie Congedo named CEO of the Holocaust & Humanity Center

Jackie Congedo named CEO of the Holocaust & Humanity Center

  • July 11, 2024

Submitted by the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center Two years ago, Jackie […]

Mayerson JCC offers summer fun for all ages

Mayerson JCC offers summer fun for all ages

  • July 11, 2024

Photo courtesy of the Mayerson JCC website.  By Julia OlsonAssistant Editor  The Mayerson JCC has […]

Cemetery vandalism investigation ongoing, FBI offers $10,000 reward

Cemetery vandalism investigation ongoing, FBI offers $10,000 reward

  • July 11, 2024

Photo credit: JCGC  By Julia OlsonAssistant Editor The investigation into the vandalism that left 176 […]

Dept. of Education chides Brown University for taking ‘no or little action’ in response to complaints of antisemitism

Dept. of Education chides Brown University for taking ‘no or little action’ in response to complaints of antisemitism

  • July 11, 2024

Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty ImagesPro-Palestinian students celebrate reaching […]

NY Jews unnerved by spike in antisemitism and raucous protests take to krav maga for self-defense

NY Jews unnerved by spike in antisemitism and raucous protests take to krav maga for self-defense

  • July 11, 2024

Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Luke TressA Guardian Self Defense Krav Maga class in the […]

100 hostage posters torn down outside DC office of Illinois Rep. Schneider

100 hostage posters torn down outside DC office of Illinois Rep. Schneider

  • July 11, 2024

Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Maayan Toaf/Israel President’s Spokesperson’s Office via Wikimedia CommonsRep. Brad Schneider […]

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