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Eight fascinating Jewish news stories from 2024 that you might have missed

From antisemitism in Spain to J.D.'s Jewish chief of staff, explore the fascinating stories about Jews that you may have missed over 2024.

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Frank London, standing, works with a team of musicians at Beth El Synagogue Center in New Rochelle, New York, May 22, 2024.
Comedian Jerry Lewis clowns around after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 12th annual American Comedy Awards, February 22, 1998, in Los Angeles

Jerry Lewis’ infamous Holocaust movie is having a new moment.

Funnyman Jerry Lewis’ infamously terrible Holocaust movie, ‘The Day the Clown Cried,’ is having a new moment. But you still can’t watch it.

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A makeshift memorial appears for late comedian, actor and legendary entertainer Jerry Lewis around his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California, US. August 20, 2017.

Did you know? Facts about comedian and actor Jerry Lewis, dead at 91

Lewis once summed up his career by saying "I've had great success being a total idiot."

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Comedian Jerry Lewis reaches out to cover the camera lens as he arrives at the 12th annual American Comedy Awards.

Jerry Lewis, comedy legend and charity fundraiser, dies at 91

Lewis traveled to Tel Aviv for a weeklong film festival in his honor, produced in association with the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archives.

|ByAMY SPIRO