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  • 1 Lichter Lecture Series concludes with David Myer’s ‘American Shtetl’   
  • 2 Northern Hills Synagogue to host Scout Shabbat
  • 3 Many Jews criticized Harvard’s Oct. 7 response. Fewer are applauding President Claudine Gay’s resignation.
  • 4 Citing risk to Elie Wiesel’s ‘Night,’ Iowa judge blocks key parts of state book ban law
  • 5 Social Column: January 4, 2024
  • 6 People of the Year 2023
  • 7 J Baby creates community among expectant parents
  • 8 The American Israelite hires new book reviewer
  • 9 After ‘detailed plan’ to attack Ohio synagogue, teen must pen Holocaust book report
  • 10 Despite arrests, hundreds of US synagogues receive bomb threats as spree continues
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Lichter Lecture Series concludes with David Myer’s ‘American Shtetl’   

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Northern Hills Synagogue to host Scout Shabbat

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Many Jews criticized Harvard’s Oct. 7 response. Fewer are applauding President Claudine Gay’s resignation.

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Citing risk to Elie Wiesel’s ‘Night,’ Iowa judge blocks key parts of state book ban law

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Lichter Lecture Series concludes with David Myer’s ‘American Shtetl’   

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Northern Hills Synagogue to host Scout Shabbat

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Rockdale Temple celebrates bicentennial weekend

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Adath Israel to reveal new sensory rooms

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People of the Year 2023

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J Baby creates community among expectant parents

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The American Israelite hires new book reviewer

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Local young adults taking off for Birthright Israel Onward Volunteer in Israel program

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Many Jews criticized Harvard’s Oct. 7 response. Fewer are applauding President Claudine Gay’s resignation.

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How the watermelon wound up on Jennifer Garner’s daughter’s sweatshirt as a symbol of Palestinian nationalism

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San Diego State U sent an email supporting students after Oct. 7. It’s now being investigated for Islamophobia.

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Citing risk to Elie Wiesel’s ‘Night,’ Iowa judge blocks key parts of state book ban law

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At the Jewish Museum, gut-wrenching drawings depict the terror of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel

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Will MIT President Sally Kornbluth survive the campus antisemitism reckoning?

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Anti-Israel protesters target homes of Sullivan, Austin

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  • כ״ג בטבת ה׳תשפ״ד (January 4, 2024)
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Jewish groups object to GOP’s treatment of Muslim candidate for Court of Appeals seat

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International

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Turkey arrests 33 accused of spying for Mossad

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Belgian Hezbollah activist files war crimes complaint against JNS Israel correspondent

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Israel to fight Pretoria’s genocide ‘blood libel’ at The Hague

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Sisi’s struggles: Egypt faces a widening set of challenges

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UN Security Council adopts resolution urging aid to Gazans, stops short of calling for ceasefire

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  • כ״ג בטבת ה׳תשפ״ד (January 4, 2024)
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Blast occurs near Israeli embassy in India

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Herzog tells US, Canadian students: “We support you”

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IAEA: Iran accelerates production of near-weapons-grade uranium

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Israel

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Israeli forces seize Hamas’s strategic Gaza City stronghold 

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In unprecedented decision, Israel’s Supreme Court strikes down law limiting its power

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IDF reservists demand the Gaza offensive continue until victory

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Israeli drone kills Hamas deputy chief al-Arouri in Beirut

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After release from Gaza, Be’eri members visit destroyed kibbutz

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Most Israelis oppose US demand to weaken Gaza fight

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Netanyahu: Hostage release talks taking place ‘right now’

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The big issues dividing the US and Israel as the Gaza war bleeds into 2024

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From the Pages: January 11, 2023

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Jews in the News: Two New Films, Famous WWII Jewish Vets Update

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Dry January

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“The Cook and the Rabbi” a culinary treasure

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College Admissions

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‘Life is Beautiful’ hit US theaters 25 years ago. The film’s Holocaust humor raised issues that linger today.

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From the Pages: December 28, 2023

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Jews in the News: Rock Hall of Fame, Celeb Roots, Coben’s ‘Changing’ Characters

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Judaism

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Parshat Vaera — Exodus 6:2 – 9:35

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Parshat Shemot Exodus 1:1 – 6:1

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Parshat Vayigash — Genesis 44:18 – 47:27

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Parshat Miketz – Genesis 41:1 – 44:17

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Parshat Vayeshev – Genesis 37:1 – 40:23

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Parshat Vayishlach – Genesis 32:4 – 36:43

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Parshat Vayetze – Genesis 28:10 –32:3

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  • י׳ בכסלו ה׳תשפ״ד (November 23, 2023)
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Parshat Toldot – Genesis 25:19 – 28:9

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Obituaries

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Former Mossad chief Zvi Zamir dead at 98

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Guy Stern, WWII ‘Ritchie Boy’ who became renowned Holocaust scholar, dies at 101

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  • כ״ג בטבת ה׳תשפ״ד (January 4, 2024)
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Neil Drossman, ad writer famous for his wit and wordplay, dies at 83

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  • ט״ז בטבת ה׳תשפ״ד (December 28, 2023)
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Rabbi Martin Rozenberg, scholar who helped found Reform’s Camp Harlam, is dead at 95

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  • ט׳ בטבת ה׳תשפ״ד (December 21, 2023)
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Remembering Rabbi David Ellenson

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Shlomo Avineri, dovish Israeli political philosopher and public intellectual, dies at 90

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  • ב׳ בטבת ה׳תשפ״ד (December 14, 2023)
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In memory of Michael Glassman

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Gerald Alan “Jerry” Wallace

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  • כ״ד בכסלו ה׳תשפ״ד (December 7, 2023)
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At a Glance

International news outlets deny colluding with Hamas after report suggests photographers knew attack plans
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Michel Stoupak/NurPhoto via Getty Images Demonstrators carry a banner reading “Against antisemitism, racism and the extreme right” during a rally at the Square des Martyrs Juifs in Paris, Nov. 12, 2023

International news outlets deny colluding with Hamas after report suggests photographers knew attack plans

  • י׳ בכסלו ה׳תשפ״ד (November 23, 2023)

(JTA) — International news outlets denied that they had advance knowledge of Hamas’s Oct. 7

As Europe’s Jews see a new era of antisemitism, governments struggle over how to respond
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Christoph Reichwein/picture alliance via Getty Images Israeli flags wave at a solidarity rally for Israel in Cologne, Germany, Nov. 5, 2023

As Europe’s Jews see a new era of antisemitism, governments struggle over how to respond

  • י׳ בכסלו ה׳תשפ״ד (November 23, 2023)

JTA) — In synagogues, schools and ordinary streets across Europe, Jews are voicing a similar

Ukrainian Jews gathering in historic Polish city champion solidarity with Israel
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Boris Bukhman A Saturday night Havdalah ceremony was one of the highlights of the Limmud FSU event in Lublin, Poland, Nov. 4, 2023

Ukrainian Jews gathering in historic Polish city champion solidarity with Israel

  • י׳ בכסלו ה׳תשפ״ד (November 23, 2023)

(JTA) — With wars raging in Ukraine and Israel, many Ukrainian Jews feel doubly traumatized

IDF jets strike Hezbollah terror infrastructure in Lebanon
Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Ayal Margolin/Flash90 Smoke rises following an exchange of fire between the Israel Defense Forces and Hezbollah terrorists, Nov. 12, 2023

IDF jets strike Hezbollah terror infrastructure in Lebanon

  • י׳ בכסלו ה׳תשפ״ד (November 23, 2023)

(JNS) — Israel Defense Forces jets struck Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in southern Lebanon on Tuesday

IDF soldiers find rockets hidden under child’s bed
Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Israel Defense Forces Spokesperson’s Unit Rockets hidden under a children’s bed in the Gaza Strip, Nov. 16, 2023

IDF soldiers find rockets hidden under child’s bed

  • י׳ בכסלו ה׳תשפ״ד (November 23, 2023)

(JNS) — Israel Defense Forces soldiers engaged in the offensive against Hamas terrorists in the

IDF finds hostage photos, videos on laptops at Shifa Hospital
Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: IDF IDF special forces conduct searches at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Nov. 15, 2023

IDF finds hostage photos, videos on laptops at Shifa Hospital

  • י׳ בכסלו ה׳תשפ״ד (November 23, 2023)

(JNS) — Israeli forces found photos and videos of hostages captured by Hamas on Oct.

Israeli Supreme Court rules that Israel’s Law of Return extends to widows of children and grandchildren of Jews
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Eddie Gerald via Getty Images A view of the Israeli Supreme Court in Jerusalem

Israeli Supreme Court rules that Israel’s Law of Return extends to widows of children and grandchildren of Jews

  • י׳ בכסלו ה׳תשפ״ד (November 23, 2023)

(JTA) — Israel’s Supreme Court upheld an earlier ruling that the non-Jewish widows of the

Israeli education minister plans ‘Yad Vashem-like’ Oct. 7 memorial
Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90 Israeli soldiers remove bodies of Israeli civilians in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 10, 2023

Israeli education minister plans ‘Yad Vashem-like’ Oct. 7 memorial

  • י׳ בכסלו ה׳תשפ״ד (November 23, 2023)

(JNS) — Six weeks after the barbarous Hamas assault on Israeli communities and the outbreak

Herzog: ‘Very strong force’ needed in Gaza after Hamas defeated
Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal meet with residents of Kibbutz Be’eri, artists and families during the launch of works exhibited at the Be’eri Gallery in the President’s House in Jerusalem, Nov. 12, 2023

Herzog: ‘Very strong force’ needed in Gaza after Hamas defeated

  • י׳ בכסלו ה׳תשפ״ד (November 23, 2023)

(JNS) — Israel will need to maintain a significant presence in Gaza to prevent the

The influence of Genesis on Yiddish thinking 

The influence of Genesis on Yiddish thinking 

  • י׳ בכסלו ה׳תשפ״ד (November 23, 2023)

Now that we are well into our reading of Genesis, and as the autumn darkness

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