The Jewish Federation of NEPA

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At YIVO, an unfinished Yiddish dictionary gets the last word — as opera

To mark its centenary, YIVO stages a work about the competing visions for a monumental, and aborted, reference work about the language of Eastern Europe's Jews. -- The post At Learn more

Drama about Palestinian boy is Israel’s Oscar entry amid Hollywood boycott of Israeli film institutions

After "The Sea" won Israel's top award on Tuesday, the country's culture minister said he would cut funding to the Ophir Awards. -- The post Drama about Palestinian boy is Learn more

NYC’s Temple Emanu-El celebrates its 180th birthday with an exhibit on Jews of the Gilded Age

“Emanu-El at 180” features an object recovered from the wreck of the Titanic, as well as photos, letters, Jewish books and more. -- The post NYC’s Temple Emanu-El celebrates its Learn more

Take it from this rabbi: You should binge-watch Netflix’s ‘Long Story Short’ for the High Holidays

The show's hyper-detailed portrayal of American Judaism stands out for being loving. -- The post Take it from this rabbi: You should binge-watch Netflix’s ‘Long Story Short’ for the High Learn more

The Israel Border Police is investigating mass fence destruction in the northern part of the Jewish state, as kibbutzim report $300,000 in damage. The post Israel probes ‘agricultural terrorism’ in Learn more

A new U.N. report relies “entirely on Hamas falsehoods, laundered and repeated by others,” without identifying Hamas as the problem, critics say. The post UN panel that determined genocide in Learn more

International institutions, hostile movements, demographic changes and digital manipulation have created an environment where Israel’s battlefield victories in the war on terror translate into diplomatic defeats in the war for Learn more

The New York Republican said her bill would “prohibit radicals like Mamdani from illegally arresting the leader of our democratic ally Israel.” The post Stefanik introduces legislation to prevent future Learn more

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