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Report shows disturbing rise in anti-Semitic activity on campus
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Celebrate Passover by fulfilling God’s purpose for your life
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Sanders: ‘U.S. and rest of world have got to work together to help Palestinian people’
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New study sheds light on Latino Jews in US
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As attacks subside, Jerusalem tries to return to normal
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Cruz builds support among GOP Jews as Trump skips event
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Museum criticizes Anne Frank-themed ‘escape room’
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A Paris butcher offers a lesson in interfaith ties
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Massachusetts ranks among nation’s most secular states
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Conservative Judaism’s rebranding effort could signal a sea change
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Christian philanthropy group tackles poverty in Israel
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Parents of Ezra Schwartz, Boston-area terror victim, visit Israel to see ‘where his soul is’
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Finding nuance in Vatican’s Jewish-Catholic relations ‘Reflection’
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Vatican: Catholics shouldn’t attempt to convert Jews
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8 amazing Hanukkah parties across America
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Search for Jewish tombs lost in WWII brings back heritage
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How Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein cracked the code on Jewish-evangelical relations
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Video: In storytelling, Plimoth Plantation faces religious nuance head on
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Being Jewish at Vassar College
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Christian-Jewish group sends swift aid to French Jewry, pledges aliyah support
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“Wall of Honor” in Jerusalem honors Jewish soldiers nationwide
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Canadian religious leaders unite against assisted suicide
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Israel lifts Muslim age limit at Jerusalem shrine
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Controversial study on Conservative rabbis and intermarriage
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In ‘holy flash mob,’ Shabbat Project rallies 5,000 partners across 500 cities
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Spain grants citizenship to 4,302 Sephardic Jews under new law
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Reconstructionists to ordain rabbis with non-Jewish partners
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1,000-year-old Yom Kippur prayer book fragment to be put online
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After Iran deal, Obama struggles to gain Israel’s trust
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US-Israel spat over Iran deal may sideline Palestinians
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