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Breaking News
  • 1 You’re Invited: AJC Cincinnati to Host University President Dr. Ora Pescovitz
  • 2 Adath Israel Sisterhood Honors Lisa Kadosh
  • 3 Own Your Voice: Empowerment & Self Defense for Families
  • 4 Food For Thought Book & Film Club
  • 5 Ohio AG sues HUC to block closure of Reform seminary, new rabbinical school emerges
  • 6 Yom HaShoah commemoration calls community to remember — and to speak 
  • 7 AJC’s Leaders for Tomorrow (LFT) Accelerator Program Empowering Jewish Advocacy for Teens & Parents
  • 8 Wise Temple Hosts Lag B’Omer Bonfire for Adults 
  • 9 Friends of Cedar Village dissolves, ensuring lasting legacy through gift to Foundation for Cincinnati Jewish Seniors 
  • 10 Finding community and giving it back: A 60 & Better member inspired to give
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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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Local

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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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Community Invited to Celebrate Hebrew Union College Ordination 

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  • April 30, 2026
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Ohio AG sues HUC to block closure of Reform seminary, new rabbinical school emerges

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  • April 23, 2026
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Yom HaShoah commemoration calls community to remember — and to speak 

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  • April 23, 2026
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AJC’s Leaders for Tomorrow (LFT) Accelerator Program Empowering Jewish Advocacy for Teens & Parents

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  • April 23, 2026
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National

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‘A room that was just totally unified,’ Trump says after shots fired at White House correspondents’ dinner

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  • April 30, 2026
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White House: Trump’s red lines for Iran deal ‘very, very clear’

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  • April 30, 2026
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Trump, on eve of new ceasefire talks: ‘Israel never talked me into the war with Iran’

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  • April 30, 2026
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Confronting Wexner-Epstein ties, alumni of Jewish leadership programs launch new survivor fund

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  • April 30, 2026
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UC Berkeley Law event draws ire for featuring convicted Palestinian terrorist

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  • April 30, 2026
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NY appellate court affirms dismissal of lawsuit against Zionist Organization of America

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  • April 30, 2026
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Major Jewish orgs ‘deeply disappointed’ by Mamdani veto of school ‘buffer zone’ bill

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  • April 30, 2026
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National Briefs: April 30

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  • April 30, 2026
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International

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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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Lawmakers from 15 Latin American nations unite to combat antisemitism

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  • April 30, 2026
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International Briefs: April 30

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  • April 30, 2026
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Australian court strikes down protest restrictions enacted after Bondi Beach attack

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  • April 23, 2026
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International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame announces 2026 class of inductees

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  • April 23, 2026
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Italian opposition leader Elly Schlein, whose father is Jewish, backs Giorgia Meloni in Trump split over Israel

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  • April 23, 2026
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International Briefs: April 23

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  • April 23, 2026
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Israel

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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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Israel wins rhythmic gymnastics gold in Baku World Cup

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  • April 30, 2026
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Israeli F-15 technicians charged with spying for Iran

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  • April 30, 2026
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Netanyahu heckled at Israel’s official Memorial Day ceremony as bereaved families grasp for comfort

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  • April 30, 2026
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Israel Briefs: April 30

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  • April 30, 2026
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Netanyahu: Opportunity for historic peace deal with Lebanon

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  • April 23, 2026
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As ceasefire takes hold, Katz says Israel remains committed to disarming Hezbollah

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  • April 23, 2026
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Columnists

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Rebuilding life on Israel’s southern border

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  • April 30, 2026
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  • Dining Out

Artemis Mediterranean Bistro 

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  • April 30, 2026
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  • Today in Israeli History

Today in Israeli History: May 1 – May 7

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  • April 30, 2026
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  • Bad Joke of the Week

Bad Joke of the Week: Growing older

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  • April 30, 2026
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  • Jews in the News

Jews in the News: Prada 2; Attenborough Great at 100; Judd Hirsch, 90, is Great, Too

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  • From the Pages

From the Pages: April 30, 2026

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  • Sedra

Parshat Emor — Leviticus 21:1–24:23

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Quietly absent since 2023, Jewish Heritage Night at the NY Mets stirs up new controversy

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  • April 23, 2026
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Judaism

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Parshat Emor — Leviticus 21:1–24:23

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  • April 30, 2026
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Parshat Acharei Mot – Kedoshim — Leviticus 16:1–18:30

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  • April 23, 2026
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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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Parshat Vayakhel-Pekudei — Exodus 35:1–40:38

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  • March 12, 2026
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Obituaries

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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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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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Remembering Corky Philip H. Steiner

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  • March 12, 2026
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E Editions

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April 23, 2026

April 16, 2026

April 9, 2026

At a Glance

Rubio: ‘There is no Plan B’

Rubio: ‘There is no Plan B’

  • October 30, 2025

Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Fadel Senna/AP/POOLU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio holds a press […]

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighter, artist Michael Smuss dies at 99

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighter, artist Michael Smuss dies at 99

  • October 30, 2025

Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: CourtesyMichael Smuss points to a poster commemorating the 50th anniversary […]

Sa’ar: Hamas slow-walking return of dead hostages to delay disarmament

Sa’ar: Hamas slow-walking return of dead hostages to delay disarmament

  • October 30, 2025

Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Rafi Ben Hakun and Ronen Horesh/GPOIsraeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar […]

IDF killed terrorists who took three hostages on Oct. 7

IDF killed terrorists who took three hostages on Oct. 7

  • October 30, 2025

Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: IDFThe Israeli military killed eight Palestinian terrorists who participated in […]

Trump sets deadline for Hamas to release hostages’ bodies as Egyptian team enters Gaza to help

Trump sets deadline for Hamas to release hostages’ bodies as Egyptian team enters Gaza to help

  • October 30, 2025

Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty ImagesIsraelis gather at Hostages Square in […]

International Briefs: October 24-31

International Briefs: October 24-31

  • October 30, 2025

Israeli lecturer threatened with beheading at London university (JNS) — An Israeli professor at City […]

Gov of Nebraska, which provides 99% of US beef exports to Israel, leading trade visit to Jewish state

Gov of Nebraska, which provides 99% of US beef exports to Israel, leading trade visit to Jewish state

  • October 30, 2025

Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Sgt. Noel Williams/U.S. Army National Guard via Wikimedia CommonsNebraska Gov. […]

Russian strike leaves Ukrainian synagogue hit but ‘fixable’

Russian strike leaves Ukrainian synagogue hit but ‘fixable’

  • October 30, 2025

Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Courtesy of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Wolff/Chabad.orgThe aftermath of a strike […]

Netanyahu and far-right ministers do damage control on West Bank vote and Saudi Arabia comments that angered Trump

Netanyahu and far-right ministers do damage control on West Bank vote and Saudi Arabia comments that angered Trump

  • October 30, 2025

Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Nathan Howard – Pool/Getty ImagesVice President JD Vance and Israel’s […]

Pakistani man gets 40 years for smuggling Iranian-made weapons for Houthis

Pakistani man gets 40 years for smuggling Iranian-made weapons for Houthis

  • October 30, 2025

Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: MC 2nd Class Tony D. Curtis/U.S. Navy via Wikimedia CommonsA […]

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