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Investigation Reveals Second Questionable Identity With Connections to Broyde’s Scholarship

A new TJC News investigation reveals another questionable identity associated with Judaic and legal scholar Rabbi Michael Broyde; a profile of formerly blacklisted screenwriter Walter Bernstein; Yiddish theater goes to the circus in the Folksbiene’s “The Megile of Itsik Manger”; … Continue reading

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How President Barack Obama’s Visit to Israel Continues to Have Impact

The aftermath of Obama’s visit to Israel; mezuzah burnings in Brooklyn; and actor Shia LaBeouf talks about “The Company You Keep,” his Passover practices, and working with Robert Redford.

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Is The Catholic Church’s New Pope, Francis I, Good for the Jews?

Pope Francis I’s relationship with the Jewish community, a new exhibit explores the impact of the Civil War on American Jews, world-famous cupcakes fit for Passover, and more of this week’s Jewish news.

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Your New Israeli Government, and What it Means for the Ultra-Orthodox

Netanyahu forms a new coalition government — without the ultra-Orthodox; three female members of Knesset break the law for a cause by praying with prayer shawls at the Western Wall; in America, Jewish women get awarded for “making trouble” by … Continue reading

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Is Netanyahu Losing His Chance To Lead Israel for Four More Years?

What VP Joe Biden had to say at the AIPAC Policy Conference; can Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet the extended deadline to form a coalition government?; American and Israeli teens come together in song for the 20th anniversary of … Continue reading

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