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The hora, the hora! How Jewish wedding music got that way - opinion

When did the hora become such a staple in Jewish culture?

THERE WERE indeed only 18 guests, not counting the hundreds of patients and staff looking out their windows. Jews and Arabs.
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko pays visit to Babi Yar, Kiev

Ukrainian president bashed for tweeting picture of Jews deported by Nazis

Actress Carrie Fisher dead at 60

Significant Jewish presence in 2017's Emmy nominations

FOREIGN MINISTER Avigdor Lieberman meets his then-German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the King David Hotel in 2014.

Grapevine: A piece of the continent


House lawmakers urge increased security funding for Jewish institutions

House members are calling for increased funding for Jewish institutions following the alarming uptick in antisemitism that has threatened Jewish community centers across the US recently.

A view of the Lawrence Family JCC in San Diego

‘If antisemitic parties rise to power, we will call on European Jews to flee’

Rabbinical Center of Europe discusses concerns on extremism at conference.

PARTICIPANTS AT THE Rabbinical Center of Europe conference listen as to a speaker address the organization’s 16th annual gathering this week in Pomezia, Italy.

Italian academics reject anti-Israel boycotts

The BDS movement has recently been in the headlines in Italy, but luckily it's receiving the proper backlash it deserves.

ROME’S CITY HALL, ‘Campidoglio,’ site of a recent controversy over boycotting Israel.

Grapevine: A matter of survival

A round up of the news from around Jerusalem.

Reuven Rivlin

A stone’s throw away

A trio of exhibitions at the Jerusalem Artists’ House puts three women artists in the spotlight.

Iconic Jerusalem poet Zelda

This Purim week in Jerusalem

What is happening around Jerusalem this week.

A LIGHT RAIL TRAIN waits at a station in Jerusalem.

A passion for education, inclusion and Israel

The road map of David Abraham’s Jewish identity.

David Abraham

‘The ground is getting more even’

An interview with Anya Eldan, the general manager of the Israel Innovation Authority’s Start-Up Division.

Anya Eldan, the general manager of the Israel Innovation Authority’s Start-Up Division

Spain’s ruling party rejects the BDS campaign

The Partido Popular approved amendments that reject the BDS movements, the pro-Israel Spanish group ACOM has reported.

THE COLORS of the Spanish flag are seen next to a Catalan flag in Barcelona.

US FCC approves waivers to track Jewish center threats

In a rare move, the US Federal Communications Commission granted a temporary waiver to JCCs and telecommunications carriers to help track down calls threatening the centers.

Police at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City in Overland Park, Kansas (File)