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Hundreds of women in Crown Heights mourn the death of a Chabad emissary
(JTA) — Thousands of women who serve as Chabad emissaries gathered this week in Brooklyn for a conference that’s meant to provide a mix of professional development and networking opportunities. But on the conference’s first afternoon on Thursday, many of the attendees came together not to meet but to mourn. Standing under an overcast sky…
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Jewish teens balance pride and safety when navigating public spaces
This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with teens across the world to report on issues that impact their lives. (JTA) — After wearing his yarmulke all day at his Orthodox yeshiva on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Zac Jacobs takes it off before boarding the 6 train home.…
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Madrid offers to partner with Tel Aviv after Barcelona severs ‘twin city’ ties
MADRID (JTA) — When one puerta closes, another puerta opens — or at least that’s how Tel Aviv may be feeling, after Madrid offered to replace Barcelona as its Spanish twin city. Barcelona’s mayor, Ada Colau, cut ties with Tel Aviv on Wednesday, citing what she said was “apartheid” in Israel. On Thursday, Madrid’s mayor,…
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The Jewish Sport Report: A Jewish guide to Super Bowl Sunday
This article was sent as a newsletter. Sign up for our weekly Jewish sports newsletter here. Happy Friday, Jewish Sport Report readers! And it’s a happy Friday indeed, because baseball season is upon us. Pitchers and catchers report to spring training next week, the games begin Feb. 24 and the 2023 World Baseball Classic is…
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Team Israel’s baseball players were also filmmakers for a new documentary about their 2020 Olympic run
(JTA) — When a group of mostly American Jewish baseball players arrived in Tokyo for the 2020 Olympics, they had multiple responsibilities. First among them was to represent Team Israel in its first-ever Olympic baseball outing. Many of the players were new Israelis, having obtained citizenship just to satisfy Olympics eligibility rules. But they were…
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They were denied Jewish weddings in the Soviet Union. So these 3 couples just got married again.
BOSTON (JTA) – Veiled brides holding white bouquets; a gold-colored chuppah; the signing of ketubahs, Jewish marriage contracts; lively Jewish music wafting through a social hall as guests danced the hora. It had all the telltale signs of a traditional Jewish wedding. But the three couples were already married — and had been for a collective…
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2 Dead, Including 6-Year-Old, in Eastern Jerusalem Car Ramming
(JTA) — A Palestinian rammed his car into civilians at a Jerusalem bus stop on Friday afternoon, killing a 6-year-old boy a 20-year-old man in Jerusalem. An off-duty policeman killed the attacker, a 31-year Palestinian from eastern Jerusalem. Reports said at least five others, including an 8-year-old child, were injured in the attack outside Ramot,…
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Shatzer Matzohs, matzah bakery with a loyal following, appears to close its doors this Passover season
(New York Jewish Week) — Shatzer Matzohs, a matzah bakery that has operated for decades and gained a loyal following, may not be producing the unleavened bread ahead of Passover this year. “At this point in time, we’re not baking,” said a person speaking on Shatzer’s phone line who identified herself as the owner but…
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Here is Team Israel’s full World Baseball Classic roster
(JTA) — With just one month to go until the 2023 World Baseball Classic, Team Israel announced its full roster on Thursday. Thanks to a recruitment effort led by Peter Kurz, president of the Israel Association of Baseball and Team Israel’s general manager, along with the team’s former-star-turned-manager, Ian Kinsler, Israel will arrive in Miami…
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Eli Rosenbaum takes skills honed Nazi-hunting to investigating war crimes in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (JTA) –– During the 35 years Eli Rosenbaum spent hunting Nazis, he always looked up to his forebears in the profession. But it was only recently, as he ventured into Ukraine to track down Russian war criminals, that he felt a personal connection with the investigators who pursued Adolf Hitler’s henchmen in the years…
