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Herb Fantle: A good life in America
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Not many members of Minnesota’s Jewish community saw Adolf Hitler speak. In 2012, Herb Fantle, who survived...
Rahm Emanuel will leave a city — and Jewish community — divided about his legacy as mayor
By BEN SALES (JTA) — As Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel prepares to exit City Hall after eight years in office,...
Lawrence Bacow, Harvard’s Jewish president, wants to restore faith in higher education
By Penny Schwartz CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (JTA) — Harvard University Jewish students take note: You may want to be on your...
A 1939 phone book could be the key to unlocking millions in Polish Holocaust restitution payments
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ WARSAW (JTA) — In the small park behind the only synagogue in this city to have survived...
The White House buries the era of even-handedness. Will that bring Palestinians to the table?
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump wants to forge an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, but he and his...
Victims of mikva-peeping rabbi reach $14.25 million settlement with his synagogue
By BEN SALES (JTA) — Four years after Rabbi Barry Freundel was arrested for secretly videotaping Jewish women as they...
John McCain’s parting shot is a warning about the ‘alt-right’
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — John McCain's farewell message was seven short paragraphs packed with the qualities that made...
Ilhan Omar, who once called Israel an ‘apartheid regime,’ wins DFL Fifth District primary
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Ilhan Omar, who once called Israel an "apartheid regime," but who more recently came out against the...
Judaism inspired Colorado woman to run for office
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN (JTA) — Dafna Michaelson Jenet traces her political career back to conversations around the Shabbat table as...
Why ‘Lucky Jew’ imagery is so popular in Poland
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ (JTA) — Visit a few main marketplaces or trinket shops in Warsaw or Krakow, and you’re almost...
