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In Uganda, a new synagogue for a remote group of Jews
By Lauren Markoe — September 15, 2016
(RNS) With the help of some American friends, a Ugandan Jewish community thrives.
Gene Wilder’s most Jewish moments
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 29, 2016
Gene Wilder's work was very funny. And very Jewish.
Jewish fans find religious way to toast Aly Raisman’s success
By Lauren Markoe — August 18, 2016
(RNS) The Jewish gymnast did well at the Olympics. Let's eat!
Gymnast Aly Raisman is one of top Jewish athletes to watch
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 6, 2016
(RNS) Aly Raisman, who grew up in a Reform Jewish home, won gold in the 2012 London Olympic Games for her floor exercise, performed to the Israeli folk song "Hava Nagila."
Hungary’s Tokaj wine region revives Jewish heritage
By RNS staff — July 23, 2016
MÁD, Hungary (Reuters) After two centuries of prosperity generated from the sweet wine that became popular in the courts of Europe, Jews in Tokaj were deported with the help of the Hungarian Gendarmerie to a ghetto and from there to Auschwitz concentration camp.
Ancient Tunisian Jewish community faces uncertain future
By Yonat Shimron — June 20, 2016
HARA KBIRA, Tunisia (RNS) Djerba remains a tiny oasis of interfaith harmony and tolerance in an Arab world splintered by violence.
Israel’s first transgender beauty pageant a rare show of tolerance among faiths
By RNS staff — May 28, 2016
TEL AVIV (Reuters) Israel's first transgender beauty pageant brought together contestants from the Holy Land's main faiths in an unconventional show of tolerance and coexistence.
Indian synagogue held first Sabbath service in decades
By Jerome Socolovsky — May 25, 2016
COCHIN, India (RNS) A nearly 900-year-old synagogue recently held its first Sabbath service in decades in one of the diaspora’s farthest flung places.
Happy 75th birthday, Bob Dylan!
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 23, 2016
Bob Dylan turns 75. Let's honor his contributions to Jewish culture.
How Ben Shahn’s art anticipates Bernie Sanders
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — May 19, 2016
(RNS) Sanders, like Shahn, calls out for social and economic justice.
Rome’s Jewish catacombs to open to the public
By Josephine McKenna — March 29, 2016
ROME (RNS) The catacombs are included in 20 cultural itineraries unveiled by Italy’s cultural minister to mark the pope's Jubilee Year of Mercy.
Trump at AIPAC troubles Jewish consciences
By Lauren Markoe — March 21, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) Wary Jewish voters await Trump inside and outside the AIPAC conference.
Merrick Garland is Jewish. Does it matter?
By Lauren Markoe — March 16, 2016
(RNS) Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland belongs to a Reform synagogue in Washington, D.C.
Cardinal Dolan: ‘Where’s the Catholic Sandy Koufax?’
By David Gibson — March 10, 2016
NEW YORK (RNS) The city's archbishop is none too happy that Jews and Muslims seem to observe their rituals and holy days while Catholics prefer to play games and hang at Starbucks through Lent and Holy Week.
Israeli kibbutz where Sanders once served feels ‘the Bern’
By Reuters — February 16, 2016
The community is proud of him, although no one remembers him at the northern Israel farm with socialist roots.
