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Lawrence Bacow, Harvard’s Jewish president, wants to restore faith in higher education
By Penny Schwartz CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (JTA) — Harvard University Jewish students take note: You may want to be on your...
A 1939 phone book could be the key to unlocking millions in Polish Holocaust restitution payments
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ WARSAW (JTA) — In the small park behind the only synagogue in this city to have survived...
The White House buries the era of even-handedness. Will that bring Palestinians to the table?
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump wants to forge an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, but he and his...
Victims of mikva-peeping rabbi reach $14.25 million settlement with his synagogue
By BEN SALES (JTA) — Four years after Rabbi Barry Freundel was arrested for secretly videotaping Jewish women as they...
John McCain’s parting shot is a warning about the ‘alt-right’
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — John McCain's farewell message was seven short paragraphs packed with the qualities that made...
Ilhan Omar, who once called Israel an ‘apartheid regime,’ wins DFL Fifth District primary
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Ilhan Omar, who once called Israel an "apartheid regime," but who more recently came out against the...
Judaism inspired Colorado woman to run for office
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN (JTA) — Dafna Michaelson Jenet traces her political career back to conversations around the Shabbat table as...
Why ‘Lucky Jew’ imagery is so popular in Poland
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ (JTA) — Visit a few main marketplaces or trinket shops in Warsaw or Krakow, and you’re almost...
A Game Changing Approach to Jewish Education
"I never saw this kind of thing in Minneapolis," said Leo Kaufman. Leo just returned from an eye-opening trip to...
Britain’s Labour Party tries to define anti-Semitism
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ (JTA) — It's been nearly three years since Jeremy Corbyn became the leader of Britain’s Labour Party,...
