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Why They Said Yes

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20s & 30s L’Chaim: Fifty West

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When Sacred Things Are Hard to Let Go

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Banner Reading “Free USA from Israel” Appears Over I-71 on Shabbat

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Why They Said Yes

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20s & 30s L’Chaim: Fifty West

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When Sacred Things Are Hard to Let Go

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Banner Reading “Free USA from Israel” Appears Over I-71 on Shabbat

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  • October 7, 2026
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Congregation Beth Adam Launches Annual Lecture Series Honoring Rabbi Robert and Dr. Terri Barr

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  • September 30, 2026
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Cohen Family Leaders In Light Institute Convenes Third Cohort

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  • September 30, 2026
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UC Student Leads AJC Panel on Digital Antisemitism

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  • September 16, 2026
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Under One Roof Sukkah Art Exhibit to Open September 24 

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  • September 16, 2026
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National

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Why is Karl Rove supporting a progressive Jewish candidate in Texas?

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  • October 7, 2026
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Weitzman Museum in Philadelphia gets $47,000 from state historical commission

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US withdrawal from Iraq a ‘victory,’ Trump says

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ADL alleges ‘systemic’ anti-Jewish bias in cultural spaces

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Hamas has agreed to disarm, Trump says

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  • August 12, 2026
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Orthodox rabbi at ‘Redicate 250’ rally: ‘Antisemitism is un-American’

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  • May 21, 2026
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J Street a ‘cancer within Jewish community,’ Israeli ambassador says

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  • May 21, 2026
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Jewish groups denounce fatal shooting at San Diego mosque, say it proves need for security funding

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  • May 21, 2026
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International

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European Jews renovate synagogues and dedicate Torah scrolls

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  • October 7, 2026
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House arrest for antisemitic posts prompts calls for hate-crime prosecution in Canada

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If Trump offers Canadian Jews refugee status, will they take it?

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Flydubai, symbol of Israel-UAE ties, at center of thwarted hijacking attempt

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  • October 7, 2026
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EU sanctions Israeli settlers after Hungary, under new leadership, clears path

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  • May 21, 2026
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Global Jew-hatred incidents jumped 30% in a week, new report says

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  • May 21, 2026
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Criminal probe opened after antisemitic chants during soccer match in Belgium

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  • May 21, 2026
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Labour politician is booed as thousands rally against antisemitism in London

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  • May 21, 2026
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IDF rejects ‘NAZA’ claims of deliberate targeting of Gaza civilians

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  • October 7, 2026
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Made in Israel: Israeli scientists push frontiers of oil-spill cleanup technology

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‘Antisemitic conspiracies spread within 67 minutes of flydubai attack’

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  • October 7, 2026
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Netanyahu pledges new security measures in wake of flydubai attack

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Passengers help stop a flydubai pilot from deliberately crashing an Israel-bound plane

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Netanyahu links Iran war to Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria

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  • May 21, 2026
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Israel’s High Court hears challenge to Netanyahu’s pick for Mossad chief

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‘Death to Arabs’ chanted at Jerusalem march after Ben-Gvir displays Israeli flag on Temple Mount

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Being Jewish in Spain

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15 Reasons Why I Could Divorce My Husband  

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  • May 21, 2026
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J Cafe gets fired up for spring 

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Today in Israeli History: May 22 – May 28

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Bad Joke of the Week: Taking temperature

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Jews in the News: Movies, Omar Sharif’s Surprise, Mucho “Bear”, Vets

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From the Pages: May 21, 2026

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Dairy Dishes for a Festive Shavuot Table  

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Judaism

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Parshat Bereshit Genesis 1:1-6:8

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  • October 7, 2026
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Sukkot (Second Days)

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Sukkot

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Parshat Haazinu                                                                         Deuteronomy 32:1- 32:52

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  • September 16, 2026
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Parshat Nitzavim-Vayelech                                                          Deuteronomy 29:9- 31:30

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  • September 16, 2026
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Parshat Ki Tavo                                                             Deuteronomy 26:1 – 29:8

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  • September 16, 2026
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Parshat Ki Tetze                                                                                                      Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19

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  • September 9, 2026
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Parshat Shoftim Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9

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Obituaries

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In Loving Memory of Robert Kanter

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  • September 30, 2026
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In Loving Memory of Florette Hoffheimer

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  • September 16, 2026
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In Loving Memory of David Randall Lipson

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In Loving Memory of Mary-Bob Rubenstein

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  • August 6, 2026
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In Memory of Leonard Dave

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  • July 7, 2026
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Abraham Foxman, transformative longtime director of the Anti-Defamation League, dies at 86

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  • May 21, 2026
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Michael Tilson Thomas, famed conductor and scion of Yiddish theater, dies at 81

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  • May 14, 2026
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The ‘godfather of denim’ was an Italian designer whose Jewish father was murdered at Auschwitz

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At a Glance

Amy Spitalnick visits Cincinnati as first scholar-in-residence for Leaders in Light Institute
Photo credit: Jerusalem Post

Amy Spitalnick visits Cincinnati as first scholar-in-residence for Leaders in Light Institute

  • September 28, 2023

By Melissa W. HunterAssistant Editor On Thursday, September 7, the JCRC of Cincinnati hosted Amy […]

Maccabi Games Encourage Competition and Connections for Team Cincinnati
Courtesy of Lizzie Kibler. Shoshana and Deena Mayers

Maccabi Games Encourage Competition and Connections for Team Cincinnati

  • September 28, 2023

Submitted by The Mayerson JCC Jewish teens from all over the world entered the FLA […]

Simchat Torah on the Seven Seas

Simchat Torah on the Seven Seas

  • September 28, 2023

Submitted by Congregation Etz Chaim Congregation Etz Chaim is known for doing Simchat Torah a […]

Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati celebrates 18 years with alumni hakhel

Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati celebrates 18 years with alumni hakhel

  • September 28, 2023

Submitted by Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati, under the leadership of Rabbi Gershon Avtzon, […]

Prominent Jewish books cited in copyright lawsuit against AI companies
Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: TSViPhoto/Shutterstock Artificial intelligence (AI) on trial

Prominent Jewish books cited in copyright lawsuit against AI companies

  • September 28, 2023

(JNS) — Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2000 novel “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,” […]

A California county calls off ‘American Christian Heritage Month’ after fierce backlash
Rabbi Evon Yakar of Temple Bat Yam in South Lake Tahoe, California, speaks before the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors prior to the board’s vote to rescind “American Christian Heritage Month,” Sept. 19, 2023

A California county calls off ‘American Christian Heritage Month’ after fierce backlash

  • September 28, 2023

(J. Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — Two months after proclaiming that July […]

Genesis Prize CEO Stan Polovets accused of drugging and sexually assaulting woman
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images for The Genesis Prize Foundation Stan Polovets, center, with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, left, presenting the 2022 Genesis Prize to Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla, right, in Jerusalem, Israel, June 29, 2022

Genesis Prize CEO Stan Polovets accused of drugging and sexually assaulting woman

  • September 28, 2023

(JTA) – Stan Polovets, an oil industry executive who used his wealth and connections to […]

Texas teacher reportedly fired after reading from Anne Frank’s diary to students
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Stringer/AFP via Getty Images A man holds a copy of the graphic novel version of “The Diary of Anne Frank,” by Israeli writer-director Ari Folman and illustrator David Polonsky, in Paris Sept. 18, 2017

Texas teacher reportedly fired after reading from Anne Frank’s diary to students

  • September 28, 2023

(JTA) – A middle school teacher in a district outside Houston, Texas, has been fired […]

California ethnic-studies faculty label Jews ‘highly funded lobby groups’
Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons A school classroom

California ethnic-studies faculty label Jews ‘highly funded lobby groups’

  • September 28, 2023

(JNS) — A faculty group contacted California Gov. Gavin Newsom to air its grievances in […]

Biden and Netanyahu meet for the first time this year, signaling friendship amid disagreements
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Avi Ohayon/ Israel Government Press Office President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Sept. 20, 2023

Biden and Netanyahu meet for the first time this year, signaling friendship amid disagreements

  • September 28, 2023

(JTA) — After months of icy relations, President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]

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