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The pro-Trump Jews Who Ignore Immigrants While Employing Them

London Rabbi Preaches Inclusivity Toward Gays, Sets Off Uproar London Rabbi Preaches Inclusivity Toward Gay People and Sets Off an Uproar

U.S. Rabbi With Cult-like Following Slammed by Orthodox Leaders U.S. Orthodox Leaders: Rabbi Who Said Fewer Than 1 Million Jews Died in Holocaust Is 'Dangerous'

I Thought Women Would Block Trump I Thought Women Would Block Trump. White American Women Proved Me Wrong

The ultra-Orthodox Support for Trump - Explained Trump Packs More Punch Than Clinton for Many Brooklyn Orthodox Jews

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish visitors look at a display of Nazi flags at Yad Vashem's Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem.

After Decades of Holocaust Legends, ultra-Orthodox Face Dark Facts After Decades of Holocaust Legends, ultra-Orthodox Community Confronts the Dark Facts

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz speaks at the Jewish Center of Brighton Beach in Brooklyn, New York, April 7, 2016.

Cruz Cozies Up to Brooklyn Jews in Hopes of overtakingTrump With a Kippah and Diehard Support for Israel, Cruz Tries to Win Over Brooklyn Jews

In this Nov. 11, 2009 file photo, an ultra Orthodox Jewish man pauses in front the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

An Orthodox Whistleblower Bows Out The Muckraking Whistleblower of the Jewish Orthodox World Bows Out

Participants in the "I Am Your Protector" event in NYC honoring Muslims who saved Jews in WWII

The Muslim 'Schindlers' Who Saved Jews From the Nazis Remembering the Muslim 'Schindlers' Who Saved Jews From the Nazis

Harlem’s Old Broadway Synagogue. The sole surviving synagogue in New York City's Harlem neighborhood today is light-colored brick, with stained glass windows.

Exploring Harlem’s Forgotten ‘Little Jerusalem’

Two Haredi women at work at a high-tech firm in Modi'in Ilit.

Despite Decrees, Haredi Women Still Studying for Degrees Despite Decrees, Jewish ultra-Orthodox Women Still Quietly Studying for Degrees

Andre Azoulay, Counselor to King Mohammed VI of Morocco delivering a message from the monarch in front of the Holy Ark of Congregation B'nai Jershurun at the KIVUNIM event.

Arab Countries Increase Ties With Diaspora Jews Arab Countries Increase Ties With Diaspora Jews in Possible, Silent Approach to Israel

Isaac Herzog speaking in front of a portrait of his father, Chaim, November 11, 2015. The United Nations and the Israeli Mission to the United Nations marked 40 years since Herzog's historic speech against a resolution classifying Zionism as racism. In front of some 400 guests, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon offered remarks, as did Isaac Herzog.

UN Marks 40 Years Since 'Zionism Is Racism' Resolution

A scene from Erde's new documentary "Teaching Ignorance": A group of kids holding up signs in Arabic.

Classroom Clashes: Film Spotlights Gaps in Israeli, Palestinian Education

Israeli soldiers with Egyptian captives in Sinai. June, 1967.

Agonizing Over '67 War in New York Controversial Documentary on Six-Day War Hits New York City

The vigil for the Henkins in front of the Palestinian mission to the UN, October 2, 2015.

Orthodox Hold Vigil in Front of NYC Palestinian Mission Reeling From Henkin Killings, NY Orthodox Hold Vigil in Front of Palestinian Mission

Pope Francis rides in a motorcade in New York's Central Park, September 25, 2015.

The Big Apple Falls for Pope Francis

Yenta the matchmaker in "Fiddler on the Roof."

Confessions of a Matchmaker The Dating Shame: Orthodox Obsession With Externals Has Reached Epidemic Proportions

Illustration by Amos Biderman.

Inside ultra-Orthodox Newsrooms Inside the World of ultra-Orthodox Media: Haredi Journalists Tell It Like It Is

Actor Michael Douglas speaks at the Genesis Prize award ceremony in Jerusalem June 18, 2015.

Genesis Prize Brings Together Who's Who of World Jewry Genesis Prize Brings Together Who's Who of Top World Jewry – Even Those Considered 'Illegitimate'

Lee Zeldin, the sole Jewish Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Lone Republican Jew in Congress Speaks Up The Lone Republican Jew in Congress: 'Iran Is Playing Our President Like a String Quartet'

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) addresses the third Annual Champions of Jewish Values International Awards Gala in New York May 28, 2015.

Cruz Captures Conservative Jewish Hearts Cruz Captures Conservative Jewish Hearts at NY Gala, Including Adelson’s

Republican Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz at Third Annual Champions of Jewish Values International Awards Gala. May 28, 2015.

Cruz to Haaretz: It's Chutzpah for Obama to Lecture Israel Ted Cruz Tells Haaretz: Height of Chutzpah for Obama to Lecture Israel on Jewish Values

Protesters outside the UJA Federation of New York headquarters accuse the Jewish group of supporting the boycott of Israel, May 12, 2015.

A Witch-hunt With Shofars on 59th Street

Khonya Epstein, 87, in his Bensonhurst apartment. Epstein was a young teenager when he joined the Chekist Partisan brigade in Belarus, where he became a sniper.

A Personal V-Day in NY Victory Day Over the Nazis Is Still Alive and Personal for NY’s Russian Jews

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN Building, Sept., 21, 2011.

The Growing Anguish of American-Jewish Moderates

Yellow Star of David (illustrative).

After Paris, We Choose to Wear Our Yellow Star

Valy captured at the banks of Vienna's Donaukanal. 'She was your grandfather's true love,' Wildman's grandmother told her.

Desperate Missives From Wartime Berlin Desperate Missives From Wartime Berlin: A Writer Searches for the Woman Her Grandfather Left Behind

An Israeli woman shows a photo she took with her mobile phone of remnants of a long-range rocket fired by Palestinians from Gaza after being shot down by Israel’s Iron Dome.

When War Is at Your Fingertips New York-Gaza, 2014: When War Is There at Your Fingertips

Ultra-Orthodox Jews watch a bonfire in Jerusalem on Lag Ba'omer, May 21, 2011.

Moving Tributes to Their Master Students Remember Their Master, the Lubavitcher Rebbe

Deja vu: Members of a communist youth group, created in the Soviet Union, march in Moscow's Red square on May 18.

Moscow Jews Weigh Their Options As Moscow Tilts Toward Totalitarianism, Jews Quietly Weigh Their Options

Avigdor Lieberman at the Knesset, June 2013.

Lieberman: Israel May Have Russian-speaking PM Lieberman: Israel May Soon Have a Russian-speaking Prime Minister

A model poses for Hadar Magazine - modest clothing coupled with a shock of Louboutin.

Trailblazing With Modesty Glossy but Modest: Modern Orthodox Women Get New Magazine

Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz speaks at Friends of Israel Defense Forces gala, New York, 2014.

N.Y. Gala Raises $20m for IDF At N.Y. Gala, Israeli Army's Media Machine Is at Its Most Oiled

A land where the romance of idealism has worn off in favor of Western influences. Opening day of Moscow's first McDonald's, January 1990.

Child View of Crumbling Empire A Child's View of the Crumbling Soviet Empire

ICYMI

The Unbearable Conceit of False Comparisons Between Israel and America

No Israeli Criminal Probe Into Al Jazeera Reporter’s Death

How Israel Destroyed Old Tiberias How Israel Destroyed One of the World's Most Beautiful Ancient Cities

Republicans Slam 'anti-Israel' White House Press Secretary Over AIPAC Boycott Republicans Slam New White House Press Secretary as 'anti-Israel' Over Support for AIPAC Boycott

Israeli Police Violence at Al Jazeera Journalist's Funeral Reveals a Deeper Problem

What Binds American White Supremacists and Israel's Assault on Palestinians What Binds American White Supremacists and Israel's Brutal Assault on Palestinians