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Taking flight with the Kesslers at the 2025 JFS gala

By ALAN SMASON, Exclusive to the CCJN

Stanley and Ellen Kessler, longtime leaders of local philanthropy and promoters for the State of Israel within and without the Jewish community of...

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7 Jewish historical treasures from YIVO’s vast collection in New York

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG

(New York Jewish Week) — In 1941, a group of intellectual Jews confined to the Vilna ghetto — writers, scholars, poets and the like — were forced...

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Breaking News

Columbia bans face masks in protests and acquiesces to other Trump administration demands

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — Columbia University is banning the use of face masks by protesters and hiring dozens of police officers as it seeks to win back federal funding...

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Opinions & Voices

OP-ED: Countering the Oct. 7 deniers

By BEN COHEN

(JNS.org) – Jews have long been accustomed to being history’s double victims. We are victims of its most murderous currents and the victims of subsequent attempts...

Today in Israeli History - March 24th

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Yigal Alon Passes Away

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