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Montreal chasidic woman makes history

TORONTO — A 24-year-old esthetician, Mindy Pollak, became the first chasidic woman to hold public office in Montreal. Pollak, a member of the Vishnitzer sect, defeated...

Man charged in Salt Lake shul attack

SALT LAKE CITY — A 21-year-old Utah man was indicted on federal hate crimes charges for firing shots at a Salt Lake City synagogue last year. Macon Michael Openshaw of...

Rabbi Sergio Bergman elected to Argentine parliament

By Diego Melamed, JTA BUENOS AIRES —— When he takes the oath of office in December as a new member of Argentina’s lower house of parliament, Rabbi Sergio Bergman...

Anger over prisoner release

JERUSALEM —— Israel’’s peace talks with the Palestinians remain mostly shrouded in secrecy, but one thing is certain: The Palestinian prisoner release that...

JNF paints the town green

DENVER opened its arms to supporters of the Jewish National Fund last weekend, offering bucolic October weather and warm words of welcome during the first JNF national...

Israel extends aid to Syrian refugees

MAFRAQ, Jordan — The purple plastic sacks fill two rooms in the otherwise sparsely furnished headquarters of a Jordanian NGO, awaiting distribution to Syrian refugees...

RTD anti-Israel ads timed to infuriate delegates to JNF conference

For the next couple of weeks, a lot of Denver Jews can expect to be upset. That is, if they happen to see the signs attached to the sides of […]

Study: One in four European Jews afraid to wear kippah

KIEV — A quarter of respondents in a survey of Jews from nine European countries said they avoid visiting places and wearing symbols that identify them as Jews for fear...

Day school grants in exchange for learning

ROSE Community Foundation and the Kohelet Foundation have partnered to fund a Denver program that covers part of day school tuition in exchange for parents’ commitment...

Council of Europe waffles on circumcision

JERUSALEM — There is a clear difference between female genital mutilation and male circumcision for religious reasons, the head of the Council of Europe wrote to...