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Emancipation congregation: Slaves’ exodus celebrated with NYC Juneteenth seder

Complete with ceremonial food and a unique hagaddah, hundreds gather to fuse two familiar stories of freedom into a brand new ritual organized by the Jews of Color caucus

The ‘#1 fan’ of Israel’s national airline has over 40,000 pieces of memorabilia

By Manny Strumpf

As Denmark considers a ban on circumcision, some Jews consider leaving

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Renowned British writer, a virulent anti-Semite, being considered for sainthood

By Robert Philpot

Parkway Central High School, St. Louis, Missouri. (Screenshot: Google maps)

September 14, 2017, 6:45 pm

Missouri schools reschedule graduations to accommodate Jewish pupils

Petition with 2,000 signatures prompts Parkway School Board to move graduations from Saturday; board president apologizes

By JTA

Illustrative image of memorial to Confederate soldiers outside Bastrop County, TX, Courthouse. (CC BY-SA Billy Hathorn, Wikimedia commons)

September 14, 2017, 6:26 pm

New York man arrested for sending anti-Semitic email to Jewish official

Westchester County resident charged with hate crime against Greenburgh town supervisor who had pushed to remove Confederate monument

By JTA

Illustrative image of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man in a religious neighborhood in Ashdod performing 'kapparot' ritual before Yom Kippur. (Dima Vazinovich/Flash90)

September 14, 2017, 6:25 pm

California animal rights group sues to end pre-Yom Kippur chicken ritual

San Diego Animal Protection and Rescue League demands police prevent Chabad of Irvine's kapparot ceremony

By JTA

Shloime Newmark, Rabbi Michoel Alterman and Joel Alpert catch their breath while responding to an emergency Sept. 11 at Beth Jacob Atlanta: When the power went out, hundreds of pounds of food needed to be moved quickly from the synagogue refrigerators into a cooler truck provided by Quality Kosher. (Atlanta Jewish Times)

From the WebSeptember 14, 2017, 4:34 pm

Florida evacuees weather Irma in Atlanta synagogues

Atlanta Jewish Times: Local community hosts more than 1,000 people who escaped from the hurricane, only to brave the storm there

By Sarah Moosazadeh

Many young American Jews feel their communities have turned their backs on their mental health disorders. (Miriam Jacobson/JW)

From the WebSeptember 14, 2017, 4:34 pm

Young Jews demand communities lift shroud of silence on mental health disorders

The New York Jewish Week: First in a three-part series on how Jewish communities address -- or ignore -- addiction, depression and suicide

By Hannah Dreyfus

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (Democrat from New Jersey -L), Rep. Tom Reed (Republican from New York-2nd R) and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly (R) listen on while US President Donald Trump addresses a meeting with lawmakers in the Cabinet Room of the White House on September 13, 2017 in Washington, DC.(AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski)

September 14, 2017, 6:03 am

Trump to sign resolution against white supremacists

US president 'looks forward' to endorsing congressional statement that 'rejects white nationalism, white supremacy and neo-Nazism as hateful,' spokesperson says

By JTA

September 14, 2017, 5:10 am

Lone black Republican senator urges Trump to be more careful on racial matters

Tim Scott meets with US president over comments on white nationalist rally in Charlottesville

By Jesse J. Holland

A full size replica with original parts of an "Aggregat 4 (V2) liquid fuel rocket" on display at the Technical Historical Museum on the site of the Nazi largest weapon development complex in Peenemuende, northern Germany, on August 18, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / TOBIAS SCHWARZ)

September 14, 2017, 4:02 am

German birthplace of Nazis’ V2 rocket embraces far-right

Tiny town of Peenemuende, population 250, has no refugees, but plurality of residents voting for anti-migrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party nonetheless

By Deborah Cole

September 13, 2017, 10:16 pm

Jewish Trump ally hounded online as ‘Nazi’ after Charlottesville

Jewish billionaire Steve Schwarzman received hundreds of angry messages for serving on Trump business council

By JTA

Screen capture of the Jewish complex on Novosushchevskiy Street in Moscow, Russia. (Google maps)

September 13, 2017, 10:01 pm

Firebomb hurled at Russian Jewish group’s Moscow offices

Assailant targets Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia building, causing minimal damage

By JTA

Thomas Lopez-Pierre on the show 'Meet the Faith' in BET studios, New York City, 2006. (Johnny Nunez/WireImage/Getty Images via JTA)

September 13, 2017, 9:49 pm

NY council candidate who called out ‘greedy Jewish landlords’ loses vote

City Council hopeful Thomas Lopez-Pierre blamed Jews for 'ethnic cleansing' of blacks and Latinos in Harlem

By JTA

Alice Weidel, left, and Alexander Gauland, right, top candidates of the German AfD (Alternative for Germany) party for the upcoming general elections, attend a press conference in Berlin, Germany, August 21, 2017. (AP/Michael Sohn)

September 13, 2017, 8:59 pm

German right-wing party on course to enter parliament

Polls predict AfD Alternative for Germany could win some 10% of the vote in Sept. 24 elections; may even become third largest party

By Frank Jordans and CHRISTOPH NOELTING

Ralph Friedman in 'Street Justice: The Bronx' on the Discovery Channel. (Courtesy of the Discovery Channel via JTA)

September 13, 2017, 8:13 pm

From New York’s toughest cop to reality TV star

Starting next week, 'Street Justice: The Bronx' traces the career of Ralph Friedman, NY's most decorated officer and a member of the NYPD Shomrim Society

By Curt Schleier

Screen capture from video calling for a Jewish Day of Unity and prayer issued by the Dirshu organization, September 11, 2017. (YouTube/Day of Jewish Unity)

September 13, 2017, 5:52 pm

Group calls for Jewish Day of Unity to pray for peace and stability

Threat of nuclear war, surge in anti-Semitism, terrorism and hurricanes motivate the Dirshu organization to issue plea to prayer

By JTA

President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, at the Pentagon, September 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

September 13, 2017, 4:05 pm

Poll: 77% of American Jews have unfavorable view of Trump

AJC's 2017 survey of US Jewish opinion finds the president and his policies are deeply unpopular, fears about anti-Semitism have risen dramatically

By Eric Cortellessa