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For the Jews of Venice, an uneasy history of scapegoating and grudging tolerance

The First Ghetto: Venice and the Origins of Modern Antisemitism By Alexander Lee Basic Books, 432 pages, $34 When one thinks ...
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Jewish American Heritage Month nears conclusion

Jewish Heritage Month is ending in a few days. I was pleased to see a display on my way out of an event at La Mesa Arts ...
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'48 Jews: Layers of Identity' brings diverse portraits to the Jewish Museum of Milwaukee

The whole series started from my search for Jewish identity and trying to understand who do we see as famous Jews, but who do ...
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Remembering famous Jewish people who died in 2023

(JTA) In 2023, the Jewish world lost notable people who left legacies in politics, the arts, sports and everything in between. Here is a selection of obituaries of 20 of the most famous Jews we lost ...
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Hundreds of historic lectures from famous Jewish thinkers are now available at the 92NY’s website

As Isaac Bashevis Singer takes the microphone, he greets roaring applause in his Polish accent, ready with prepared remarks about his personal relationship with religion, philosophy and mysticism.
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Converts Are God’s Gift to the Jewish People

The Biblical Book of Esther tells us to celebrate the defeat of Haman and his Jew hating followers: “…celebrate annually the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar as a time when Jews got ...
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Andy Samberg plays a famous Jewish WWII photographer in upcoming biopic

(JTA) — A historic wartime photography partnership from the 1940s — often credited as the first to capture many of the horrors of the Holocaust — is getting the Hollywood treatment. Kate Winslet stars ...