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A combination of globalisation, people moving, and intermarriage with a nearby town means there are now only five speakers of ...

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“Anoint” came into English through their Norman overlords. It meant smearing something with oil or grease, like pigs and ...

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On the anti-Zionist left, the academic framing “settler colonialism” gained wide currency to describe and deride Zionism, ...

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The shofar — from the Hebrew word for a ram’s horn, which is sounded at services on the Jewish High Holy Days, this year in October — is an alarm ...

Celebrate Farber Hebrew Day School’s 60th year with a Hachnasat Sefer Torah event on Sept. 29. Join the community for live ...

Dak Prescott had a furious five-word message to Dallas Cowboys fans after their Week 3 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. On Sunday, Prescott and the Cowboys closed the gap between them and Baltimore ...