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On Rosh Hashanah, I spoke about my predecessor Rabbi Alexander Kohut. He was the renowned European scholar who gave his first sermon here in 1885 and began with the Gomel prayer, thanking God for bringing him safely to America, to this promised land. I need to tell you how the rest of that sermon went... The post I want to rescue the word Zionism. We cannot reduce a vast Jewish idea to the politics of the moment. appeared first on The Forward.

Amid mounting global concern over food security risks posed by the El Nino weather pattern, Chinese officials have moved to reassure the public that national grain reserves remain well above international safety thresholds. “China has a solid foundation and sufficient capacity to withstand risks and challenges such as El Nino,” said Li Chao, an official from the National Development and Reform Commission, at a press conference on Tuesday. The remarks followed comments on Monday by Liu Huanxin,...

The Essex father, who was not named by the Cypriot court, was reportedly swinging his son from side to side when the boy fell through an open window at a hotel

OPINION: Bitter violence has raged on and off between Saudi Arabia and the Yemen Houthis for years but the Washington-Tehran conflict has triggered it again, widening the US-Iran war

An attacker opened fire near a secondary school in western Turkey on Tuesday and injured at least 11 people, officials said. The suspected shooter was arrested. At least two of the injured were in serious condition, Justice Minister Akin Gürlek said in a statement on X. The attack took place in front of a vocational and technical secondary school in Turgutlu district, in Manisa province, the provincial governor’s office said. Police and medical teams were immediately sent to the scene. HaberTurk...

(JTA) — Canadian leaders have condemned a shooting outside the Sons of Jacob synagogue in Belleville, Ontario, at the start of Yom Kippur that left a police officer seriously injured and forced the congregation to cancel services on the holiest day of the year. “Jewish people must be able to practice their faith safely. They... The post Canadian leaders condemn shooting outside Ontario synagogue at the start of Yom Kippur appeared first on The Forward.

The copy of Harper Lee's seminal 1960 work was discovered in a box of American books given to the charity.

An original US edition of To Kill a Mockingbird is found in an Oxfam store in west London.

An original US edition of To Kill a Mockingbird is found in an Oxfam store in west London.

The Communist Party’s flagship newspaper has set the tone for the summit on Thursday between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, calling for the two sides to build on the “constructive strategic stability” agreed upon during Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing. The Chinese government and state media have also spelled out Beijing’s “red lines” days ahead of the high-stakes event in Washington. The leaders will provide “strategic guidance” on how the two powers can develop a stable...

South Africa's most successful Olympian Tatjana Smith explains why she has reversed her decision to retire from competitive swimming.

South Africa's most successful Olympian Tatjana Smith explains why she has reversed her decision to retire from competitive swimming.