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‘Oh Man, Do I Look Too Jewish?’

How a bully president-elect re-racializes Jewishness.

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Will Ivanka Trump Be the White House Voice of Reason on Climate Change?

Ivanka Trump plans to advocate for action on climate change in her new role as “first daughter.”

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Observant Martial Arts Fighters Wear Tzitzit To Celebrate Wins

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Two winning Israeli mixed martial arts fighters donned Jewish ritual fringes and kippahs following their victory in a competition in Israel. El...

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Women of the Wall Subjected to Body Searches at Western Wall Prayer Service

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Members and supporters of the Women of the Wall organization were subjected to body searches at the entrance to the Western Wall Plaza. The wo...

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Bob Dylan Blows Off White House Celebration of Nobel Winners

(JTA) — President Barack Obama met with four of the recent American Nobel Prize laureates, including two Jews, but Bob Dylan did not make an appearance. The win...

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Susan Faludi’s ‘In The Darkroom’ Named To NYT 10 Best Books Of 2016

Last summer, Faludi told the Forward the memoir had helped her create a “grownup” relationship with her father.

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Family of Trump’s Treasury Secretary Pick Profited in Madoff Scheme

The family of Donald Trump’s new nominee for Secretary of the Treasury was among the lucky few that walked away from Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme with millions...

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Links for Later: the ‘Papa Don’t Preach’ Edition

Opinions differ on whether an early-30s woman in shorts is scandalous.

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Israel’s Envoy to Turkey Takes Up Post — 5 Years After Previous One Was Booted

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s new ambassador to Turkey has arrived in the country’s capital to take up his post, five years after Israel’s last envoy was expelled ...

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Accessibility Shabbat Takes on Needs of Visually Impaired

  JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli synagogues and communities will mark Accessibility Shabbat to call attention to the needs of the disabled community within Jewish tr...

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Jared Kushner, Peacemaker? Israeli Official Says Bring Him On

Could a New York real estate guy with precisely zero foreign policy experience break the Mideast peace logjam?

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ADL Chief Pushes Back Against ‘Full-Scale Assault’ Over Criticism of Donald Trump

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt urged the organization’s leading activists to counter what he said was an “organized, concerte...