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Rabbis Ban Jewish Blog; Orthodox Jewish Boxer Gets a Belt; Jews Fight for Workers’ Rights
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Matisyahu Boxing With Dmitriy Salita; NYT’s Ethicist Meets NYJW’s Ethicist; Carmel Fires
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How Did Jews Get the Name “Israel”?
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Could Peace Talks Get Going Again? What Does It Mean for Synagogues to “Go Green”? And Facing Need in the Jewish Community This Thanksgiving
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Can You Date a Guy With a Yarmulke? Also: Flamenco Dancing for Sephardic Heritage, and Fake Holocaust Survivors Take $42 Million
Click here to watch in High Definition (HD) This week in the world of Jewish news, impostors posing as victims from the Holocaust are charged with millions of dollars for fraud, the rescued Chilean miners are headed to Israel, and … Continue reading
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The Struggle To Conceive for Matriarchs & Patriarchs
Click here to watch in High Definition (HD) Here’s something new we’re doing at The Jewish Channel: a weekly series in which we bring you Torah portion thoughts from a mix of rabbis, scholars and others. This is a sampling … Continue reading
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How Many Jews Are Left in Congress? And How Did J Street Do In This Election? A Star-Studded Celebration for AJWS, and Labor Disputes at a Kosher Factory
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Is Netanyahu Relaunching Peace Talks?; The Best New Kosher Products of 2011; Susie Fishbein’s Latest
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Obama Loses American Jewish Majority on Israel; Paladino; The Hip Hasidic Restaurant; Shalom Rubashkin Gets the “We Are the World” Treatment
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Meet the Gay Jewish Couple Whose Wedding Was Announced in NJ Jewish Standard; Rick Sanchez Vs. Jon Stewart; Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz
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