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App that can generate 64,000 kosher cheesecake recipes pitches AI to Orthodox Jews

JTA — Sara Goldstein’s regular cheesecake recipe is like the rest of the kosher food she makes and shares on her Instagram account —...

25.05.2023 20

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‘The Sims’ video game adds Jewish foods after players’ campaign

JTA — Players of the video game “The Sims” can now bake a challah or dish up a bowl of matzah ball soup, after updates made by the game’s...

18.05.2023 30

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Plane encounter between singer Noa Kirel and top rabbi goes viral

JTA — A selfie taken on a flight to Tel Aviv has gone viral this week, serving as a symbol of unity in an increasingly divided Israel The photo was...

17.05.2023 20

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How Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones started talking ‘tikkun olam’ with Jewish teens in DC

JTA — Sam Rosen and Noah Segal were sitting with their friends on the steps of the Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, on April 24 when...

03.05.2023 10

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Ben Platt wears Star of David necklace as part of Met Gala costume

JTA — Ben Platt, the Broadway star headlining a musical about an antisemitic episode in American history, donned a Star of David necklace as part of...

02.05.2023 20

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UK Jewish children present new ‘Adon Olam’ for king’s coronation

JTA — Among the many honors accruing to King Charles III in advance of his coronation next week: a new version of a traditional prayer performed by...

29.04.2023 20

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Gershkovich, Blume, Yellen among Jews making Time’s ‘Most Influential’ list

JTA — The journalist who was arrested in Russia last month and the Biden administration’s antisemitism envoy are among the 10 Jewish members of...

14.04.2023 20

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Man pleads guilty to hate crime in 2021 Texas synagogue arson

JTA — The man charged with setting fire to a synagogue in Austin, Texas, in 2021 has pleaded guilty to two federal charges, including the...

10.04.2023 20

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Jewish studies prof. wins $60k on ‘Jeopardy!’ — despite missing Yom Kippur question

JTA — The most notable message Melissa Klapper got during her four-night run this week on “Jeopardy!” didn’t come because the Jewish studies...

25.03.2023 50

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Jewish communal world baffled after Ben Gvir targets mainstream US aid group JDC

JTA — An American Jewish group that has provided aid to Jewish communities in crisis for more than a century has been targeted by National Security...

18.03.2023 60

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Pro-Israel stalwart Miriam Adelson joins chorus criticizing judicial overhaul push

JTA — The philanthropist Miriam Adelson has underwritten multiple organizations dedicated to building pro-Israel sentiment in the United States. The...

12.03.2023 30

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Judy Heumann, Jewish American disability advocate who spurred a movement, dies at 75

JTA — In Judith Heumann’s 2020 memoir, the lifelong advocate for people with disabilities describes feeling shocked upon being invited to read...

07.03.2023 20

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Did American Jews create historic summer camps – or was it vice versa?

JTA — Among Sandra Fox’s most memorable finds during her years mining American archives for materials about Jewish summer camps was a series of...

23.02.2023 20

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Neo-Nazis rally outside Broadway preview of ‘Parade,’ show about antisemitic murder

JTA — Members of a neo-Nazi group rallied Tuesday night outside the Broadway theater that is hosting “Parade,” a play about the 1915 lynching of...

22.02.2023 9

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Holocaust survivor to be Doug Emhoff’s guest at Biden’s State of the Union speech

JTA — Second gentleman Doug Emhoff is extending his focus on Holocaust remembrance by inviting a Washington, DC-area survivor to be his guest at US...

08.02.2023 20

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Boston’s Hebrew College will now ordain rabbinical students with non-Jewish partners

JTA — Hebrew College will begin admitting and ordaining rabbinical students in interfaith relationships, according to new admissions standards...

05.02.2023 10

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Advocates for Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul reach out to English-speaking audience

JTA — The video gives a “Schoolhouse Rock” vibe: Cartoon figures climb the names of the three branches of the US government —...

29.01.2023 20

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Holocaust denier Fuentes reinstated to Twitter, then banned again within 24 hours

JTA — The white supremacist and far-right provocateur Nick Fuentes was reinstated to Twitter on Tuesday and returned to the social media platform...

25.01.2023 20

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This year’s ‘Jewish Nobel’ is a group prize, going to Jewish activists in Ukraine

JTA — A prize established to honor a single inspiring Jew with a lifetime of achievements has been awarded this year to a nameless group whose work...

12.01.2023 80

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Spielberg says his late mom must be ‘kvelling’ over Golden Globes win

JTA — Steven Spielberg said he was the sixth-happiest person in the world after he won best director at this year’s Golden Globes awards for...

11.01.2023 20

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NY congressman-elect apparently lied about having grandparents who fled Nazis

JTA — When The New York Times reported earlier this week that virtually the entire resume of George Santos, recently elected as a Republican...

23.12.2022 30

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The US Hanukkah merch market has exploded. But are Jews feeling more represented?

JTA — It was early November when Nicholas Wymer-Santiago walked into his local Target in Austin, Texas, and realized it was beginning to feel a lot...

23.12.2022 30

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Bright idea lets Jewish studies conference in Boston light menorah despite fire code

JTA — The email landed like a batch of soggy latkes last week: Hanukkah candle-lighting would not be permitted at the annual conference of the...

21.12.2022 10

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‘Campeon de mundo!’: Argentine Jewish announcer brought to tears by World Cup win

JTA — Yes, Lionel Messi will forever be the face of Argentina’s long-awaited World Cup championship on Sunday. But the voice of the victory...

19.12.2022 10

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Denver drops charges against ‘mushroom rabbi’ preaching psychedelics

(JTA) — A Denver rabbi who promotes the use of psychedelics as part of spiritual practice will no longer face prosecution after Coloradans voted...

13.12.2022 30

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Michigan man indicted after accosting synagogue-goers while cursing Israel

JTA — A man who was waved away by local police after hassling people arriving at one of the Detroit area’s largest synagogues on Friday was...

05.12.2022 20

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3 teens among 15 Iranians facing death penalty over killing of paramilitary officer

TEHRAN, Iran — Three Iranian teenagers are among 15 people who could face the death penalty over the killing of a pro-government paramilitary force...

30.11.2022 20

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Walmart pulls $40 Jewish prayer shawls sold as ‘elegant sunscreen scarves’

JTA — “Why wear a tallis to shul when you can wear a very real product from Walmart?” Ilan Kogan, an Orthodox rabbinical student, asked on...

30.11.2022 40

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New educational resources in US give boost to Ethiopian Jewish holiday of Sigd

JTA — Synagogues and Hebrew schools in the United States looking to help their communities celebrate Sigd, an Ethiopian Jewish holiday, have gotten...

23.11.2022 60

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