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Leading NYC mayoral candidates make their final pitches to Jewish voters

By Jacob Kornbluh

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A Chicago Orthodox rabbi reaches out to his Rohingya and Black neighbors

By Joshua Flanders

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A Jewish deli in a Cuban neighborhood? Miami’s Stephen’s Deli is a crazy cultural sandwich

By Jordan Levin

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Brief items of the News and the Schmooze

Faith leaders gather to honor Chicago civil rights leader Rabbi Robert J. Marx

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Japan, home to the Summer Olympics, has a rich Jewish history

By Stewart Ain

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Opinion

Most Jews won’t set foot in a synagogue. That’s why rabbis need to think like entrepreneurs.

By Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein

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