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You can retire in Florida and still experience upscale amenities and a warm Jewish community. Here’s how.
(New York Jewish Week) — Every year, Jewish New Yorkers pack up their Manhattan apartments or suburban homes and head south to Palm Beach County, which is now home to roughly 200,000 Jewish residents and one of the fastest-growing Jewish communities in North America. The appeal…
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These travelers are finding new purpose in Israel
(JTA) — There is no single reason to travel to Israel, and there is no single type of Jewish National Fund-USA traveler. From young people beginning their leadership journeys to longtime Israel supporters observing the organization’s transformative work strengthening communities…
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How Brandeis University is reimagining the liberal arts for a new generation
(JTA) — Brandeis University, known for its proud past, is reimagining itself for the future. Located in a Boston suburb, Brandeis opened in 1948 at a time when Jews and other minorities faced open discrimination at many American universities. Named for Justice Louis Brandeis —…
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How Israeli researchers are using AI to transform cancer treatment and diagnoses
(JTA) — HAIFA, Israel — From his fourth-floor lab at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Professor Ron Kimmel can see Haifa Bay, the green slopes of Mount Carmel and the distant hills of Galilee. But it’s the view of microscopic breast cancer cells on his computer…
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He carried a bullet for life. Then he helped negotiate peace.
A bullet from Israel’s 1948 War of Independence remained lodged in Avraham Tamir’s body for the rest of his life. Wounded and captured by Jordanian forces while defending Gush Etzion, Tamir survived and went on to become one of Israel’s leading military strategists. Three…
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Psychologists are trained to recognize harm. Jewish psychologists say their own profession ignored theirs.
Jewish psychologists who raised concerns about antisemitism within the American Psychological Association say a new congressional report validates their experiences but leaves them fearful of professional backlash, as they call on the group to acknowledge the harm and rebuild…
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A pro-Israel Democrat just endorsed a Republican for Senate. Her own party is furious.
(JTA) — ANN ARBOR – Michigan pro-Israel Democratic congresswoman Haley Stevens endorsed Republican Mike Rogers over her own party’s nominee, Abdul El-Sayed, for U.S. Senate on Sunday, telling reporters, “We can’t stand with hate.” The surprise move two days before Election Day…
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The Jewish Illinois cowboy building a synagogue in a cornfield is now a documentary star
Edith Jakobs never got to see the synagogue her grandson is building in an Illinois cornfield. But when its doors eventually open, something she carried through the Holocaust will be waiting inside. A cloth she embroidered while hiding from the Nazis in the Netherlands will…
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She escaped Europe before the Holocaust. Then she volunteered to go back.
She had already left Hungary behind. In 1939, Hannah Senesh, a young Jewish woman from Budapest, moved to British Mandatory Palestine. She studied agriculture, settled on a kibbutz and began building a new life. But as World War II engulfed Europe and the danger to its Jewish…
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Benjamin William Loomstein
Benjamin William Loomstein August 19, 1988 – October 28, 2026 Ben Loomstein, born in St. Louis on August 19, 1988, died suddenly following a brief illness on October 28th in Kansas City. His loss is devastating to all who love him and he will be so deeply missed. He is preceded…
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Marilyn Tenenbaum
Marilyn Tenenbaum passed away on October 28, 2026. Beloved wife to the late Gilbert; cherished mother of Laura (Bobby King) Tenenbaum, Scott (Diane) Tenenbaum and Adam Tenenbaum; loving grandmother to Max, Zachary and Sam Tenenbaum; dear sister to the late Edward Siegel, Eileen…
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Rita Sue Friedman
Rita Sue Friedman, October 28, 2026 Beloved wife of the late Irvin A. Friedman; dear mother and mother-in-law of Philip S. (Victoria Sterling) Friedman, Lawrence B. Friedman, Steven A. (Suzanne) Friedman and Sanford N. Friedman; dear grandmother of Jeremy Friedman, Angela (Lee…
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Iraq opens Jewish heritage museum in Baghdad
A museum dedicated to the history and heritage of Iraqi Jewry opened this month in Baghdad, in a building that formerly housed Shamash, a Jewish high school founded in 1928. Video of the school was posted to X by the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s official Arabic X account, which…
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Aish is leaving its longtime Chesterfield home. The reason says a lot about Jewish St. Louis.
After more than 25 years in Chesterfield, Aish HaTorah of Greater St. Louis is moving to Clayton. But the move is about more than a change of address. It’s about where Jewish St. Louis lives today and how an organization devoted to Jewish learning can reach people who may not be…
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AJC CEO Ted Deutch explains why WashU Chancellor Andrew Martin is being honored
When protests swept college campuses in spring 2024, university leaders faced tough questions about free speech, student safety and antisemitism. Washington University Chancellor Andrew Martin says his school had one advantage. “We didn’t have to invent our principles in the…
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Gerald “Jerry” Zafft
Gerald “Jerry” Zafft of St. Louis, Missouri, died on October 29, 2026, after a more than 27-year battle with Parkinson’s Disease. He was the beloved husband of Judy (nee Abelson) Zafft; loving father of Jeffrey M. Zafft of Columbia, Missouri; Andrew Steven Zafft (Javier Suazo)…
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He spent his career uncovering St. Louis history. Then he started making it up.
In Eric Sandweiss’ first novel, a downtown St. Louis loft is filled with pieces of buildings torn down to make way for the Gateway Arch. It sounds like something the longtime St. Louis historian might have uncovered during his research. But he made it up. The missing pieces of…
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Bernard “Bud” Pessin
Bernard “Bud” Pessin. October 5, 1935 – October 24, 2026 Bud Pessin, born in St. Louis on October 5, 1935, passed away at home on October 24, 2026, with his beloved wife, Dale, by his side. He was preceded in death by his loving parents, Sam and Beckie (Feldman) Pessin, his…