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California Jewish Caucus Statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Today, we mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp Just 78 years ago, 6 million...

Holocaust Book of Names to Be Inaugurated at U.N. Underscores Individual Identities of the...

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Renee Ghert-Zand | JTA When Yad Vashem was created in 1953 on the slopes of Jerusalem’s Mount of Remembrance to commemorate the Holocaust, its founders...

AJC Survey on Holocaust Knowledge Among Americans Shows Few Know Numbers, Details

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Most U.S. adults know when the Holocaust happened and are familiar with Auschwitz, but fewer are cognizant about the number of Jews murdered and...

Five Rabbis Sue State of Missouri Over Abortion Bans on Religious Freedom Grounds

Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA Five rabbis from multiple Jewish denominations are among more than a dozen Missouri faith leaders challenging the state’s ban on abortion. In a lawsuit...

Jamie Raskin, Jewish Democrat who took lead in impeachment and Jan. 6 hearings, has...

WASHINGTON — Jamie Raskin, the Jewish Maryland Democrat who has been a lead investigator of former President Donald Trump’s alleged responsibility for the deadly...

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...

Online support for those dealing with suicide moved to Sunday to accommodate Jewish attendees

International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day is meant to be a healing experience for those who have lost loved ones to suicide. Yet due...

As Jews from the former USSR gather in Boston, the focus is on learning...

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Larry Luxner | JTA Just days before the U.S. midterm elections and amid growing concern about the conflict in Ukraine, a recent gathering in Boston...

Polls show most Jewish voters backed Democrats, animated by democracy and abortion concerns

A poll of Jewish voters showed them overwhelmingly listing abortion rights and risks to democracy as their top issues when they voted in midterm...