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Israeli journalist explores the divide in the American Jewish community
Romy Neumark, an Israeli journalist and a lecturer at Harvard, explores the divide within the American Jewish community in the new podcast "My Home Fronts."
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The family of the 13-year-old Everett boy detained by ICE earlier this month is pursuing the legal option to return him to their home country of Brazil.
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In a notable agreement, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has returned two monumental stoneware vessels to the descendants of the enslaved man who made them.
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