Top conference officials were sufficiently concerned by allegations that they launched probe in 2001 that did not detect wider fraud; Semen Domnitser, a Claims Conference employee, was found guilty March 8 of the $57 million scheme.
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The 42-year-old veteran city councilman's mother is Jewish and he was raised as a Jew. On his father’s side, he is of mixed Italian and Mexican heritage.
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The family-owned Streit's Matzo factory on the Lower East Side has been feeding Americans since the 1920s. A crowdsourcing campaign is underway to complete a movie that tells its story.
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WATCH: Jewish ex-congressman who resigned over raunchy tweets kicks off mayoral campaign, says he had made mistakes but also learned 'some tough lessons.'
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a letter of condolence to President Obama on Tuesday morning in the wake of the tornado.
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United States Internal Revenue Service reverses its revocation more than a year after ZOA failure to file financial disclosures.
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The State Department announced the appointment the same day it released its 2012 report on religious freedom that recorded a 'continued global increase in anti-Semitism.'
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To mark the premier broadcast of the American Masters installment on Mel Brooks, here is JTA's Ami Eden's list of top Jewish scenes.
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The Jewish-American therapist parlayed her 1955 game show victory into a nearly six-decade career as a television personality and a columnist.
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One of the greatest entertainers of the 20th century died on this day in 1990 at the age of 64.
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