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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


Grapevine: Two former Aussi prime ministers to be honored

A round-up of news from around Israel.

PRESIDENTS REUVEN Rivlin and Frank-Walter Steinmeier, together with Steinmeier’s wife, Elke Budenbender, sample Israeli beer in the informal atmosphere of the Beer Bazaar at the Mahaneh Yehuda market.

Grapevine: Jerusalem in their hearts

A round-up of news from around Israel.

SARA NETANYAHU wears Castro.

WJC, NY Assemblyman call for removal of Nazi collaborator street plaque following JPost report

"Petain was no hero," said State Assemblyman Dov Hikind in a letter to New York mayor De Blasio after learning of the plaque commemorating French Nazi collaborator Philippe Petain.

The name French Nazi collaborator Henri Philippe Pétain is engraved in New York City's "Canyon of Heroes" on Broadway, alongside those of historical figures such as Churchill, De Gaulle and Ben Gurion

‘Jambo!’ from Zanzibar

How a Jerusalem couple led a Passover Seder on the east African island.

Levi and Aidel Margolin

Immigrants from Holocaust regions have higher suicide rates

A new study conducted by the University of Haifa found that Jews who fled from countries where most of the Jewish population perished in the Holocaust were more likely to commit suicide.

Commemorative candles to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Israel charges teen hacker over JCC bomb threats, blackmailing US state senator

Suspect, 18-year-old dual citizen, ran a 'Dark Net' shop offering his intimidation and harassment tactics for money

An US-Israeli teen who was arrested in Israel on suspicion of making bomb threats against Jewish community centers in the United States, Australia and New Zealand is seen at a remand hearing at Magistrate's Court in Rishon Lezion, Israel on March 23, 2017

Amazon orders two seasons of show on Jewish comedienne

'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' becomes first of pilot season to be picked up.

'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.'

Virginia JCC targeted by vandalism over Passover

Anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim graffiti also found at nearby church.

Anti-racism protesters deface South African campus with swastikas, pictures of Hitler

Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson slams Ivanka Trump as ‘cowardly’

Johansson recently starred in a parody of Ivanka Trump on SNL featuring a spoof commercial for a perfume called 'Complicit'.

SodaStream pitchwoman Scarlett Johansson

Jewish Parisian pushed to her death from apartment building window

The woman was found dead outside of her apartment building early on Tuesday morning after being hurled to death in what has yet to be labelled a hate crime.

Police stand guard in Place de la Republique following the series of deadly attacks in Paris, November 15, 2015.

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