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Death of cultural icons leaves gaping holes on the Israeli left

The Israeli left experienced two symbolic blows when two cultural titans died within days of each other. Meir Shalev, an eminent novelist, and Yehonatan Geffen, a...

Israeli rehab program opens in Cyprus for North American Jewish youth

By Larry Luxer TEL AVIV — Young people with substance-abuse dependencies often face a stark challenge when trying to overcome their problem: Any kind of lapse is seen...

The climate question: Jewish groups begin to act

“Let me put it this way: In 2021, we donated to one climate organization, and in 2022, we donated to 17 of them,” said Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, referring to the...

‘Adon Olam’ for the king

Among the many honors accruing to King Charles III in advance of his coronation next week: a new version of the traditional Jewish prayer, “Adon Olam,” performed by...

Harry Belafonte dies at 96

Singer, actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte, who once boasted of being “the most popular Jew in America” because of his rendition of Hava Nagila, died...

Poland’s Holocaust feuds continue

A Polish political feud over Holocaust history has widened into an international condemnation of the government’s attempts to silence Barbara Engelking, a leading...

‘An American Tail’ comes to the stage

Itamar Moses was 10 years old when he watched “An American Tail” at his Jewish day school in California. He was struck by the 1986 film, an animated musical about a...

Credit Suisse WW II actions raise eyebrows

The US Senate Budget Committee has accused Credit Suisse of impeding an investigation into former accounts at the bank that were held by Nazis, including many who fled...

‘Labyrinth of Peace’ challenges Swiss neutrality

It’s Switzerland in 1945 and the war has just ended. A group of deeply traumatized, ragged-looking Jewish teenagers recently liberated from Buchenwald have been sent...

In rare move, haredi magazine published picture of woman

Mishpacha's recent Pesach edition included a picture of Jennie Miller Faggen, though the magazine has long refrained from publishing photos of women.