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Gil Shefler, JTA

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Chabad man pushing fashion boundaries

NEW YORK — Yosel Tiefenbrun looked in the mirror and he liked what he saw. The 23-year-old Chabad rabbi and apprentice at Maurice Sedwell,...
Features

Portland reaches out to young Jews

PORTLAND, Ore. — Jessica Bettelheim, a business ethics lecturer at Portland State University and a young Jewish mother, has little time to spare...
Features

Is there a flip side to Birthright?

NEW YORK — With the summer travel season fast approaching, providers of Israel programs for teenagers are bracing themselves for what several say...
Features

Venezuelan Jews ponder their exile

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. — Sitting outside a Starbucks coffee shop in this small city north of Miami Beach, Paul Hariton recalls the...
International

Uncertain future for Venezuelan Jews

CARACAS — The eyes of a dead man stare at visitors passing through immigration at Simon Bolivar International Airport. They follow drivers making...
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