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May 9, 2016
Where do Jewish conservatives stand on Trump?
What are some of the more prominent Jewish thought-leaders in the conservative world doing about Donald Trump\’s candidacy?
London’s Muslim mayor reaffirms plan for Israel trip
Sadiq Khan, who was sworn in as London’s first Muslim mayor last week, reiterated plans to lead a trade delegation to Israel.
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While there are many excellent young adult novels with Jewish characters, some of which mention a bar or bat mitzvah, there are probably fewer than a dozen that tackle the subject directly.
11-year-old charged in bus blaze outside Crown Heights Jewish girls’ school
An 11-year-old boy was charged Monday with setting fire to a school bus outside a Jewish school in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn.
Women of the Wall keeps pushing for b’not mitzvah at the Kotel
When Alina Brenner began to plan her daughter Dana’s bat mitzvah, she considered throwing a party at a synagogue near their home in the Tel Aviv suburb of Hod HaSharon.
What’s a parent to do?
A concerned parent once stopped me in the hall of the temple and said, “Rabbi, I have a couple of questions about my daughter’s bat mitzvah service and I wanted to …”
On Nat Geo show, Morgan Freeman sits down for Seder
While the prophet Elijah remains conspicuously absent, one Passover Seder in Jerusalem received a more well-known guest.
Phone tap led police to Belgian ISIS cell, court hears
A series of bugged, coded communications over two months led Belgian police to storm a suspected Islamic State cell in the town of Verviers last year, thwarting an alleged plot, a Brussels court heard on Monday.