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A view of the Chabad congregation in Poway, Calif. (Google Street View)
April 28, 2019, 10:57 am
One dead, three injured in San Diego Chabad attack
The shooting, by an alleged anti-Semite, came exactly six months after the massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue building in Pittsburgh
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From left: Tamika Mallory, Linda Sarsour and Carmen Perez at the Women’s March “Power to the Polls” voter registration tour launch last January in Las Vegas. Getty Images
January 17, 2019, 9:42 am
Groups fleeing National Women’s March
Southern Poverty Law Center, prominent N.Y. synagogue, Jewish Democratic group breaking ties over anti-Semitism.
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December 12, 2017, 4:55 pm
Rabbi Neil Gillman, theologian of Conservative Judaism
Rabbi Neil Gillman, professor emeritus of Jewish philosophy at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and a leading theologian of the Conservative movement died Nov. 24.
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Nazi-themed graffiti was found in the town of Wellsville, N.Y., the same day Donald Trump won the presidential election, Nov. 9, 2016. (Photo from Twitter)
November 16, 2017, 1:38 pm
Number of anti-Semitic hate crimes edged up last year, FBI reports
The data show there were 684 anti-Semitic hate crime incidents last year, a 3 percent increase from the 664 recorded by the FBI in 2015.
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US President Donald Trump surprised aides and top advisers this week when he pushed for action on his campaign promise to relocate the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the Washington Post reported over the weekend. (Photo from public domain)
November 7, 2017, 12:06 pm
Why a pro-Israel group moved its benefit to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort
The organizer of The Truth about Israel said President Trump "has Israel's back like no president since the days of Ronald Reagan."
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Cynthia Shamash’s website Eldelala connects Jews of Middle Eastern descent who are looking for love. (Photo courtesy of Cynthia Shamash)
June 15, 2017, 11:25 pm
Site connects Jews of Middle Eastern descent
Cynthia Shamash knew it was still hard for Mizrahi Jews to meet each other, so she launched dating site
By Josefin Dolsten and JTA
September 3, 2016, 12:54 am
Globe Briefs September 2
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January 27, 2016, 2:20 pm
Globe Briefly January 28
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December 10, 2015, 3:19 pm
Globe Briefs December 10
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July 30, 2015, 5:49 pm
Globe Briefs July 30
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June 18, 2015, 6:51 pm
Chief Rabbi Lau: No intention to remove Rabbi Riskin from his job
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June 11, 2015, 5:58 pm
Ex-CFO of San Diego JCC pleads guilty to embezzling $400k
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May 21, 2015, 3:46 pm
Global Briefs
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The Hillel student board at Swarthmore College in 2013-14, when Swarthmore became the site of the nation’s first Open Hillel. Photo provided by Sarah Revesz
March 26, 2015, 4:24 pm
Swarthmore Hillel votes to disaffiliate with Hillel Int’l
By Uriel Heilman and JTA
Rabbi Eric Grossman, who has been named to lead Ramaz, is currently head of school at Frankel Jewish Academy in West Bloomfield, Mich.
March 19, 2015, 12:54 pm
Ramaz taps an outsider, Eric Grossman, to lead elite modern Orthodox school
By Uriel Heilman and JTA
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