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The Jewish players and storylines to watch in 2022 World Cup

It’s a World Cup like no other in recent memory. That’s because it’s taking place in Qatar, where temperatures won’t usually fall under 80 degrees...

Qatar allows Israeli fans for World Cup; Jerusalem warns visitors to ‘downplay Israeli identity’

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By Jacob Gurvis/JTA Qatar, which does not normally allow Israelis into the country, will permit Israeli visitors during the 2022 World Cup, prompting the Israeli...

No beer, but kosher bagels, at the World Cup in Qatar

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By David I. Klein/JTA Qatar may have caused an uproar by banning alcohol at the World Cup soccer tournament in Doha this month, but for...

Serving the U.S. Naval Academy: Rabbi Yonina Creditor starts chaplaincy position, stressing four tenets:...

Talking to Rabbi Yonina Creditor is an exercise in efficiency. She tells it like it is in a way that’s both straightforward and positive,...

Students learn lessons of Shoah, Rwandan and Uganda genocides as part of yearlong program

Students from 10 different schools around the Baltimore area gathered at the John Carroll School in Bel Air for a special program on Nov....

Three young Jewish fellows address needs in Baltimore as part of Repair the World

In September, the Repair the World Jewish service movement announced a new cohort of young adult fellows who will be working with them for...

Brandeis U reeling after bus accident leaves 1 student dead, dozens injured; Jewish students...

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By Penny Schwartz WALTHAM, Massachusetts (JTA) — The days before Thanksgiving break were supposed to be packed at Brandeis University’s Hillel: There was a talk...

Thousands of Chabad rabbis convene in New York amid banner year for movement

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By Philissa Cramer It was unseasonably cold on Sunday morning when thousands of rabbis crowded on risers in front of Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters in Brooklyn to...

Saving lives at work and off hours: David Vitberg

Flashing lights, ear-splitting sirens, fire trucks, rescue ambulances. For David Vitberg, then a yeshivah boy in Setauket, N.Y., it was a teenage kid’s dream. At...

The physical into the spiritual: Challah speaks to women and tradition

Women from all around the Baltimore area gathered in the ballroom of the Harborview Towers on Monday night with one goal in mind: to...