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      <title>‘A lesson to be learned’: Holocaust survivor denied chance to speak at middle school ever the optimist</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“Hopefully, this will go viral, so many can see the exposure of bias exposed that is going on,” said Sami Steigmann, who will turn 86 in a few weeks.]]></description>
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      <title>LA, Toronto Conservative rabbis make friendly wager on World Series</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Erez Sherman and Jarrod Grover, who are friends, agreed that the loser must wear a jersey of the winner’s team during the conclusion of Shabbat services.]]></description>
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      <title>New documentary film gets to the ‘heart’ of Elie Wiesel</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“Jews in the world community from all side needs to find common ground,” said director Oren Rudavsky. “I think he would have sought to unify people, even if we believe different things.”]]></description>
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      <title>Escaping death: Soldiers wounded in Gaza talk about recovery</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Yoav Tzivoni and Maayan Mulla feature in the "Fighters" docuseries.]]></description>
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      <title>Against all odds, seven siblings in Berlin survived the Holocaust</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A directorial debut, “Unbroken,” which chronicles a filmmaker’s search of her family’s history, starts streaming this week on Netflix, timed to Yom Hashoah.]]></description>
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      <title>A ‘Bad Shabbos’ makes good comedy</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Director Daniel Robbins talks about his new film that features dinner … and a dead body.]]></description>
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      <title>‘Emotional challenge’ for both Jewish, German actors in new film ‘World Will Tremble’</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“There were days I’d say ‘cut,’ and it was quiet,” Lior Geller, who wrote and directed the movie, told JNS.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Shvesters, originally from Michigan but with Israel their new home base, are hopping on the tour circuit to major cities in the United States.]]></description>
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      <title>What’s Jewish at this year’s Oscars? Actually, quite a bit</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[From “The Brutalist” to “A Real Pain,” and the double-flick lead roles of Timothée Chalamet, content meets conflict in this year’s nominees.]]></description>
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      <title>‘Red Rocket’ helps propel YU basketball forward</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Point guard Max Zakheim helped the team go on a five-game winning streak.]]></description>
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