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The bat mitzvah turns 100. It marks more than a coming-of-age for Jewish girls
Since girls in the U.S. began having the public ceremony 100 years ago, more and more women have taken on a larger role in Jewish life, including becoming rabbis.
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A listening tour has surfaced new suggestions — but some of them are already in the works.
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Rescuers search for survivors in smashed Mariupol theater
A photo released by Mariupol's city council showed an entire section of the large, 3-story theater had collapsed after the strike Wednesday evening.
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Brush fires send smoke billowing over National Park, New Jersey and Christiana, Delaware
Chopper 6 was over both fire scenes on Wednesday afternoon.
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Philly historic sites to donate Saturday proceeds to help children in Ukraine
The African American Museum, Constitution Center, and Betsy Ross House are among those donating 100% of Saturday’s admissions proceeds to help refugee children in Ukraine.
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On Equal Pay Day, women are trying to make a dollar out of 83 cents
Equal Pay Day in the U.S. lands on a different day every year, and this year it turns out on average, women "only" had to work 74 extra days into 2022 to catch up to men.
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U.N. says military violence in Myanmar may be ‘crimes against humanity’
More than 12,500 people in Myanmar have been detained, at least 440,000 have been displaced and about 14 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.
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How the pandemic has shrunk our worlds
We’re more cautious about people and places after the last 24 months. And for better or worse, some changes we’ve made seem likely to stick.
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Listen 4:39A Russian who protested the war on live TV refused to retract her statement in court
The woman burst onto the set of the evening news and told viewers they were being lied to about the war in Ukraine.
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Concerned parents band together, hire private security near Temple University campus
Concerned parents are taking matters into their own hands to make sure students at Temple University are safe.
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Telegram is the app of choice in the war in Ukraine despite experts’ privacy concerns
Telegram has become one of the few places Russians can access independent news about the war.
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Philly-area brewers join global Brew for Ukraine campaign
A craft brewer in Ukraine switched from making beer to making Molotov cocktails. Brewers around the world pick up the slack.
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Listen 1:44How some Pennsylvania organizations are responding to the Ukrainian refugee crisis
It's uncertain whether the U.S. will accept Ukrainian refugees. But for some programs and charities in Central Pa., preparations are underway to welcome them with open arms.
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Russia keeps up attacks in Ukraine as two sides hold talks
Previous discussions, held in person in Belarus, produced no lasting humanitarian routes or agreements to end the fighting.
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Acclaimed journalist, filmmaker Brent Renaud shot and killed in Ukraine
Ukraine’s Interior Ministry says the 50-year-old documentary filmmaker died Sunday in Irpin.
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