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BY BEN HARRIS
(JTA) – Before everything changed, Jalna Silverstein and Asael Papour were planning a wedding much like many other Jewish nuptials on the Upper West Side of …
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BEN HARRIS
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4/5/20
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(JTA) — Few people have any great solutions for this difficult moment in human history, but Sudeep Agarwala is one of them.
As a yeast scientist, Agarwala spends much of his time thinking …
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Philissa Cramer
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4/1/20
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(JTA) — Comedian Larry David called on “the idiots out there” to stay home and watch TV in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus. David’s 90-second rant is a new …
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Marcy Oster
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4/1/20
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(JTA) — Randi Bergman isn’t sure of her Passover plans yet, but there’s a good chance she’ll be spending the holiday alone.
Bergman, a 34-year-old freelance fashion writer, lives alone in …
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Gabe Friedman
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3/31/20
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(JTA) — The attorney at the center of the coronavirus outbreak in New Rochelle, New York, has emerged from his coma. Lawrence Garbuz “is awake and alert and seems to be on the road to full …
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Marcy Oster
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3/18/20
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(JTA) — After Shaul Moshi died last week in Los Angeles at the age of 94, over 100 people gathered at his home for the traditional shiva minyan.
It was Wednesday night — before the synagogues …
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Ben Harris
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3/18/20
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NEW YORK (JTA) – For the past three years, Esther Possick has avoided the hassle of hosting Passover at her Long Island home by traveling to Kosher hotels in foreign locales.
In 2017, she spent the holiday at a resort in Stresa, a resort town on Lake Maggiore in northern Italy not far from the Swiss border. The following year she tried out Rimini, a coastal city on the Adriatic. Last year she opted for a program in Spain.
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BEN HARRIS
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3/8/20
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WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump will speak at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual conference for the second consecutive year.
The venue for the March 14 …
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RON KAMPEAS
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3/8/20
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NEW YORK (JTA) – There were fewer anti-Semitic hate crimes in New York City in January than in the same month last year. The period between Jan. 1 and Feb. 2 saw 21 hate crimes directed at …
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BEN SALES
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2/6/20
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(JTA) – The Yeshiva University’s men’s basketball team has been ranked in the Division III Top 25 for the first time.
In the D3hoops.com’s poll released Feb. 3, the …
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MARCY OSTER
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2/6/20
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