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Israel’s Ethiopian asylum seekers fight deportation efforts
A 145-year-old organization that once helped Jews flee pogroms is among the groups trying to protect the asylum seekers.
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Flying the unfriendly skies: The untold story of EL AL’s wartime resilience
“We don’t brag that we worked under threat of bombs and airstrikes, but the fact is we worked," said one supervisor at Israel's flag carrier.
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California could become the first state to list ‘Jewish’ as an ethnicity
Assembly has until Aug. 31 to pass the contentious proposal into law.
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In a forest where Jews fought the Nazis, a German military base and Lithuanian politics encroach on memory
The families of partisans might no longer be able to visit bunkers in Rūdninkai Forest, which mark the only memorial to their resistance in Lithuania.
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May the Source of Peace
send peace to all who mourn, and comfort to all who are bereaved.
Eliana Dori Gordon
Fairfax, Va. – Eliana Dori Gordon, affectionately known as Ellie, passed away suddenly on July 14, 2026, in Fairfax, Virginia. Born on...
Howard I. Horwitz
Norfolk – Howard Irving Horwitz passed away peacefully on July 7, 2026, with his family by his side. He was 78 years old. Howard was...
Pauline Sod Levin
Norfolk – Pauline Sod Levin passed away surrounded by her loving family on July 26, 2026. She was born in Temple, Texas, on July 17,...
Renie Teitelman
Silver Spring, Md. – Renie Teitelman (nee Becker), passed away peacefully at the age of 97 at her home at Riderwood Village, Silver Spring MD, on...