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Sacklers keep immunity, pay $6 billion

The Sackler family, the Jewish billionaires whose marketing of the painkiller drug OxyContin fueled the US’ opioid epidemic, will receive full immunity from all civil...

Egyptian kills three Israeli soldiers

An Egyptian security officer opened fire, June 3, on Israeli soldiers who were on a routine patrol, killing two. Hours later, he killed another soldier.

At Berlin concert, Roger Waters compares Israel to Nazi Germany

Roger Waters projected Anne Frank’s name at recent concerts to draw comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany, leading Germany’s Orthodox rabbinical association to...

Mrs. Maisel — what’s the legacy?

After five seasons, 20 Emmy awards and plenty of Jewish jokes, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” airs its final episode on Friday, June 2.

Not your average Codex: $38.1 million

A 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible became the most expensive book ever sold on May 17 when it drew a price of $38.1 million at auction at Sotheby’s in New York City.

‘The Guttenberg Bible’

By Stephen Silver NEW YORK — Actor Steve Guttenberg has had the kind of career that put him in touch with nearly every trend in Hollywood. There were prestige films...

Israel to invest $40 million in American day schools

Citing “a major crisis in Jewish education,” Israel’s Diaspora ministry plans to pour about $40 million into training educators at Jewish schools in the US and...

‘Oppenheimer’ explores birth of the A bomb

“Oppenheimer,” the Christopher Nolan biopic about the Jewish nuclear physicist who developed the atomic bomb, will include another familiar Jewish face when it opens...

‘End Jew Hatred’ movement spreads

Founded in New York City near the beginning of the pandemic, End Jew Hatred first drew local attention in October, 2020, when it organized a rally in front of the New...

Ezagui at top of searches for ‘Jewish’

“Hi my name is Miriam,” the video begins. “I’m an Orthodox Jew, and I share what my life is like.” So opens a typical TikTok post from Miriam Ezagui, a...