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Josh Kaplan

Josh Kaplan

Josh Kaplan is the JC's head of digital.

You can reach him at JKaplan@thejc.com

Latest from Josh Kaplan

Watch owned by the world's most famous Nazi-hunter expected to fetch over £400k at auction

The Patek Phillipe watch is only one of two in the world

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Watch owned by the world's most famous Nazi-hunter expected to fetch over £400k at auction

A police officer stands guard at the Palestinian Authority (PA) side of the Erez Crossing in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, on April 23, 2022. - Israel said it will close its only crossing from the Gaza Strip for workers tomorrow in response to overnight rocket fire, stopping short of conducting retaliatory strikes in an apparent bid to ease tensions. (Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel keeps pedestrian crossing with Gaza closed after three rocket attacks

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Security forces gather outside a restaurant at the scene of a shooting attack in Dizengoff Street in the centre of Israel's Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv on April 7, 2022. - At least two people were killed and several wounded during an attack in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on April 7, a hospital said. It is the latest incident among a surge of violence in Israel and the West Bank since late March. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Gunman in Tel Aviv terror attack shot dead by police after city-wide manhunt

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Third victim of Tel Aviv terror attack dies of his injuries in hospital

Third victim of Tel Aviv terror attack dies of his injuries in hospital

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UK government sanctions Moshe Kantor, President of European Jewish Congress, for ties to Putin

The Russian oligarch is also a vice president of JLC

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April 6, 2022 17:30

President of the European Jewish Congress (EJC) Moshe Kantor speaks during the Malmo International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism - Remember ReAct, in Malmo, Sweden, on October 13, 2021 - - Sweden OUT (Photo by Jonas EKSTROMER / TT News Agency / AFP) / Sweden OUT (Photo by JONAS EKSTROMER/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images)

'Ukraine will be a big Israel' Zelensky pledges in speech to his people

The Ukrainian president also demanded a 'new Nuremberg trials' at UN summit

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April 5, 2022 16:11

President Volodymyr Zelensky, of Ukraine, addresses a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York City on April 5, 2022. - Zelensky demanded "accountability" at the UN Security Council on April 5 for Russian "crimes" carried out during Russia's invasion of his country. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

UAE court sentences Israeli to death after finding half-kilo of cocaine in her apartment

Fidaa Kiwan was sentenced to death in Dubai by local judge

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April 5, 2022 13:14

UAE court sentences Israeli to death after finding half-kilo of cocaine in her apartment

June Brown, Eastenders veteran, dies at 95

The star had sephardi ancestry and was descended from a famous Jewish boxer

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April 4, 2022 13:46

June Brown, Eastenders veteran, dies at 95

Estelle Harris, beloved Jewish American actress, passes away at 93

She was best known for portraying the mother of George Costanza on Seinfeld

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April 4, 2022 11:55

Estelle Harris, beloved Jewish American actress, passes away at 93

Multiple people killed in shootings in central Israel suburbs

There are reported fatalities after attacks in Ramat Gan and Bnei Brak

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March 29, 2022 18:48

Israeli security forces gather at the scene of an attack on March 29, 2022 in Bnei Brak. - Attacks in different locations near the Israeli city of Tel Aviv killed at least five people, emergency responders said. "Five were wounded in two separate locations of Bnei Brak, of whom two died," said Eli Bin, the head of the Magen David Adom emergency responders. Bnei Brak is an ultra-orthodox town near Tel Aviv. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Australian donor gives out 50,000 boxes of Matzah to Jewish communities all over the world

The Werdiger family is making donations to 110 Jewish communities in 30 different countries

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March 29, 2022 10:50

Australian donor gives out 50,000 boxes of Matzah to Jewish communities all over the world

JC Stays: Orchard Cabins, Congham Hall, Norfolk

Staycation style in Norfolk

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March 27, 2022 18:30

JC Stays: Orchard Cabins, Congham Hall, Norfolk

Netflix to play Yente with new Jewish matchmaking show

Singles in the US and Israel will turn their love lives over to a matchmaker

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March 25, 2022 16:55

Netflix to play Yente with new Jewish matchmaking show

Madeleine Albright, who discovered Jewish heritage late in life, dies at 84

The former US Secretary of State didn't learn both her parents were raised Jewish until the age of 59

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March 23, 2022 19:23

Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speaks along with former NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen during a hearing on "National Security Implications of the Rise of Authoritarianism Around the World" at the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill on February 26, 2019 in Washington,DC. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

What exactly does the West expect from Israel?

No matter the issue, everything seems to come back to Israel

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March 23, 2022 15:30

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during their meeting, in Sochi, on October 22 2021. (Photo by Yevgeny BIYATOV / Sputnik / AFP) (Photo by YEVGENY BIYATOV/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

Be'er Sheva stabbing: Victims of terror attack named by Israeli authorities

The victims included a Chabad Rabbi and a mother of three

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March 23, 2022 11:58

Be'er Sheva stabbing: Victims of terror attack named by Israeli authorities

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