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  A millennium-old Jewish practice that warns against water consumption during specific calendar transitions continues to spark debate among contemporary religious authorities. The Hebrew calendar divides the year into four seasonal periods – Tishrei, Tevet, Nisan, and Tammuz. During the transitions between these seasons, some communities traditionally abstain from drinking water, believing it could pose […]

From a Jewish actor playing Superman to Gal Gadot playing the evil queen in 'Snow White' to a new series about King David, these are the dramas you will be reading about this year

The Jobar Synagogue, also known as Eliyahu Hanavi, became inaccessible to Syria's Jewish community after the Assad government capture of the area, leveling the neighborhood and severely damaging the ancient Jewish landmark

Champaign District One Councilman Davion Williams apologized to Jewish leaders after his comments at the end of a December 17 City Council meeting.

Jewish tourists claim that they were verbally harassed in Perth because of a Star of David sticker on her phone case, while a Palestinian man claims he was insulted by them first.

While acknowledging 'profound disagreements about the Middle East' in the decades after he left the White House, Jewish groups show appreciation for the role President Carter played in the first normalization of relations between Israel and an Arab country in 1978

Carter may have been unpopular in Israel, but his record on Jewish issues and Israel was both stellar and undervalued, from rescuing 50,000 Iranian Jews to battling the Arab boycott and founding the U.S. Holocaust Museum

The video clip depicts stereotypical Jews scheming in a Protocols of the Elders of Zion-like setting to take over the Arab world - culminating with a truck running over them and killing them.

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ANTISEMITISM AFFAIRS: Bóka warned that the threat to Jewish life in Europe, resulting from rising antisemitism in the Western countries of the EU is a threat to Europe.

The grant to the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) is angering some in the Jewish community, including the Jewish organizations whose funding has ended or will be soon as the Walter and Elise Haas Fund shifts its approach to Jewish causes

Leaders of several Jewish organizations say the keynote speaker of the annual 'People of Color Conference' downplayed the October 7 Hamas attack and labeled the establishment of Israel as a 'racist' endeavor

When Israeli ministers call to resettle Gaza, when Netanyahu abandons the hostages and attacks democracy – there's a deafening silence from leading U.K. Jewish organizations. That's in stark contrast to Jewish groups in the U.S. and the explicit beliefs of U.K. Jews themselves

Pitcher Max Fried's eight-year, $218 million deal is the largest contract in baseball history for a Jewish player and for a left-handed pitcher.

'Safety through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism' takes a leftist look at how antisemitism went mainstream in America in the 21st century. 'Betting that the right's agenda will align with Jewish interests is a pipe dream,' say the writers

For many among Australia's 110,000-strong Jewish community, the response to the Hamas attack among their peers proved a shocking wake-up call. While some are now planning to move to Israel, others stress the importance of not retreating into a Jewish bubble

The eagerly anticipated Wicked film adaptation has reignited parallels between the story and the Jewish experience of scapegoating. Others question how Jewish the film truly is

The eagerly anticipated Wicked film adaptation has reignited parallels between the story and the Jewish experience of scapegoating. Others question how Jewish the film truly is

Phanagoria had a large Jewish community from the first century onward, served by a synagogue that would stand for 500 years – but not be rebuilt with the city

Violence in the West Bank will likely increase, sources say, following the new government policies: the military will no longer hold suspected Jewish terrorists in administrative detention