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Asaf Elia-Shalev

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Group of House Democrats urges Senate to oppose Trump’s pick for antisemitism envoy

Group of House Democrats urges Senate to oppose Trump’s pick for antisemitism envoy

Ahead of confirmation hearing, letter sent to senators cites Hasidic Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun’s comments against Democrats, including that Jews who...

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Taiwan’s foreign minister: Closer ties with Israel align with the island’s interests

Taiwan’s foreign minister: Closer ties with Israel align with the island’s interests

Comments by Lin Chia-Lung praising Israel and denigrating Palestinian policy are latest sign of warming ties between Taipei and Jerusalem

12.11.2025 10

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Study finds ‘shortage’ of US Rabbis is more about fit than numbers

Study finds ‘shortage’ of US Rabbis is more about fit than numbers

In first-ever empirical study of the American rabbinate, excluding Haredi circles, rabbinic foundation says declining enrollment in rabbinical schools...

12.11.2025 10

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US Jewish groups bail from Heritage Foundation’s antisemitism initiative over Tucker Carlson

US Jewish groups bail from Heritage Foundation’s antisemitism initiative over Tucker Carlson

Project Esther, launched as conservative strategy to fight Jew-hatred, appears to be unraveling after foundation’s president defended TV...

05.11.2025 7

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Ellison’s Oracle poised to run TikTok, raising hopes for tougher antisemitism rules

Ellison’s Oracle poised to run TikTok, raising hopes for tougher antisemitism rules

Jewish advocates pleased that tech firm, co-founded by Israel supporter Larry Ellison, set to be one of the social media platform’s new owners

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ADL enlists major law firms to launch pro bono network for US antisemitism cases

ADL enlists major law firms to launch pro bono network for US antisemitism cases

The turn toward litigation represents a shift in tactics as the group focuses on antisemitic offenses amid soaring anti-Jewish bigotry and pressure...

30.10.2025 40

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Highlighting Diaspora rift, Israel rejects US immigration applicant over Zoom-era conversion

Critics say the rebuffing of Isabella Vinci, who spent Shabbats with an Orthodox host family and taught English in an Israeli public school, defies a...

25.10.2025 50

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Hamas, Fatah hold talks in Cairo on next steps for Gaza truce

Source says sides agreed to ‘work on organizing the Palestinian internal front’ as efforts continue to stabilize ceasefire

24.10.2025 10

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‘The church is asleep right now’: Ted Cruz urges US Christians to fight Jew-hatred on right

The Texas senator’s warning comes as antisemitic and anti-Israel conspiracy theories surge, led by voices like Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson,...

24.10.2025 10

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NY State Young Republicans chapter dissolved amid racist, antisemitic chat scandal

Shutdown follows similar move in Kansas after leaked chat showed Young Republican officials in those and other states joking about gas chambers and...

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Israel boycott proponents claim victory after Carrefour rebrands in some Arab states

French multinational changes name of stores to HyperMax in several countries, earning applause of BDS, though move hasn’t been explicitly linked...

04.10.2025 60

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Israel to spend up to $4.1M in bid to bolster support among Christians in western US

Federal filings show Foreign Ministry hired US firm to run campaign targeting churchgoers with digital ads, mobile ‘Oct. 7th Experience’

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NYC pilot program offers Jewish day school subsidies — and hope for overextended parents

With a 3-year, $15 million fund, New York’s UJA-Federation seeks to address the longstanding issue of prohibitively expensive Jewish schooling...

01.10.2025 60

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Inside Israel’s ‘Esther Project’: DOJ filings reveal paid US influencer campaign

As officials call social media the current war’s ‘eighth front,’ new documents reveal how Jerusalem is paying to shape US opinion,...

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Musk attacks ADL, calling it a ‘hate group’ that ‘hates Christians’

Billionaire makes accusation in response to post about group’s page on ‘Christian Identity,’ a specific white supremacist theology...

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Apple TV+ has postponed a Jessica Chastain thriller inspired by this secretive ADL unit

A NYT report says the charged atmosphere around Charlie Kirk’s murder has delayed the release of ‘The Savant,’ based on a real-life highly...

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California lawmakers approve narrowed bill targeting antisemitism in schools

If enacted, state would be first with coordinator to prevent antisemitism in public schools, as religiously motivated bigotry against Jews soars;...

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In Epstein’s birthday tribute, traces of a Jewish upbringing surface alongside lurid tales

From his Hebrew name to a bar mitzvah photo, the now-deceased disgraced businessman’s 238-page album, made public this week, shows his...

10.09.2025 9

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‘L’chaim Intifada’: New Jewish group spurns anti-Zionist JVP as insufficiently radical

Anti-Zionist Jewish Student Front declares its commitment ‘to dismantling Zionism in its entirety by confronting Zionist institutions on...

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Orthodox, right-wing slates secure majority of US seats in World Zionist Congress

Certification comes after election tribunals and the Zionist Supreme Court settled disputes over fraudulent ballots and other irregularities

06.09.2025 50

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Clock ticking on bill to make California 1st state with antisemitism watchdog in schools

A new law could set a template for other US states to follow and an example on how to draft such legislation without restricting free speech —...

05.09.2025 10

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Some US Jewish groups prefer risk of violence to security grants requiring ICE cooperation

JTA — With $274 million in federal security grants about to go up for grabs, dozens of progressive Jewish groups and several synagogues say they are...

29.08.2025 50

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Amid NYC mayoral race, Jewish school requires parents to show proof of voter registration

Orthodox Brooklyn school catering to Syrian community frames requirement as a way to safeguard communal interests in move apparently against Mamdani

23.08.2025 50

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After leadership shakeup, FIDF sticks to its guns on claim it is IDF’s sole US fundraiser

The group says it’s the only US charity authorized to raise money for Israeli soldiers – but the military won’t confirm it, and other groups...

22.08.2025 30

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Renowned trauma expert banned from NY healing center over ‘antisemitic comments’

Bessel van der Kolk issues apology for likening Israelis to Nazis, as incident at Omega Institute highlights how once-apolitical institutions are...

20.08.2025 40

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US Conservative rabbi quits movement, preempting sanctions over performing intermarriages

As the denomination’s ethics committee opens an investigation into rabbinical scion Ari Yehuda Saks’ participation in interfaith weddings,...

14.08.2025 60

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Inside one man’s quixotic quest to preserve 200,000 Israeli tchotchkes

Boris Gorbis spent a lifetime scouring garage sales, thrift shops and eBay for discarded souvenirs from the Jewish state’s early days. Now,...

11.08.2025 50

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As images from Gaza spread, US rabbis wrestle with war’s morality from the pulpit

Amid pressure on Jewish institutions to reckon with ongoing war, clergy ask Israel to alleviate suffering in Gaza, employing a Jewish moral vocabulary...

30.07.2025 70

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US’s largest Reconstructionist synagogue quits movement for allowing anti-Israel hostility

A letter to congregants by California’s Kehillat Israel cites concerns over ordination of anti-Zionist clergy and ‘hostile’ atmosphere toward...

24.07.2025 50

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Post of envoy to combat antisemitism remains unfilled 6 months into Trump’s 2nd term

US president tapped Hasidic fixer Yehuda Kaploun for the ambassador-level role, but GOP-controlled Senate has yet to schedule a confirmation hearing...

16.07.2025 50

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Missouri AG threatens lawsuits after AI chatbots give Trump low marks on antisemitism

Andrew Bailey sends letter to major tech firms demanding explanations on how they train their AI tools, which ranked US president as worst ever...

11.07.2025 40

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Friends of the IDF in crisis after internal report alleges financial abuse, toxic culture

Critics say chair consolidated power, authorized lavish spending, betrayed donors’ trust; organization accused of holding huge cash reserves but...

09.07.2025 6

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In first, US Conservative synagogue allows clergy to participate in interfaith weddings

While the policy change at Adath Jeshurun, a large Minneapolis-area congregation, goes against rules set by the denomination, top leadership has...

03.07.2025 40

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Board of Haredi news site preaching openness quits after founder renounces mission

Shtetl CEO Naftuli Moster says he didn’t think 3-member board would ‘go along with my evolution,’ decision to quit came from disgust...

21.06.2025 60

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Once the poster child of the US yeshiva reform movement, Naftuli Moster now has regrets

The founder of Yaffed, a group decrying lack of secular education in Haredi schools, is having a reckoning fueled by distrust of progressive politics...

20.06.2025 10

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Bay Area synagogue mobilizes for two Palestinian visitors detained at airport

Cousins from Masafer Yatta face deportation after arriving on valid visas for awareness mission sponsored by local synagogue; authorities revoked...

14.06.2025 40

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Israeli hostage solidarity movement Run for Their Lives presses on after Colorado attack

Following initial pause, the group is telling local chapters to decide for themselves whether to continue weekly runs as interest skyrockets after...

06.06.2025 10

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Ethnic studies compromise opens door to broader antisemitism legislation in California

Jewish groups don’t want Jews painted unfairly or Israel singled out in a new curriculum mandate. Now, several racial caucuses may be willing to help

04.06.2025 40

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School vouchers would expand across US under federal proposal cheered by Orthodox groups

Trump’s tax and spending cut bill currently offers $5,000 per student to attend Jewish schools and yeshivas as the initiative moves closer to...

25.05.2025 30

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The rise of Yehuda Kaploun: How a Hasidic fixer became Trump’s antisemitism czar nominee

For decades, the candidate has kept a low profile while active in Jewish life, business and politics. Now, as he awaits Senate confirmation, the...

19.05.2025 40

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NY state budget weakens oversight of yeshivas in blow to secular education advocates

Deadline to comply with state education standards delayed to 2032-33; state to check how many students took unstandardized exams, but not how well...

10.05.2025 20

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Murders of 2 Israelis in Los Angeles on the same day said to be unrelated

Bodies of Aleksandre Modebadze and Menashe Hidra found within hours of each other, sparking fear in Jewish community; LAPD has reportedly found no...

03.05.2025 20

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Jewish US justice ponders publicly funded yeshivas in case of religious charter school

As Supreme Court seen set to extend state support to Oklahoma Catholic school, Elena Kagan asks if NY would have to fund ultra-Orthodox...

01.05.2025 10

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US Jewish cultural institutions reeling as Trump defunds arts and humanities

Widespread cuts are touted as cutting costs, but come two years after a Biden administration initiative described museums as a critical tool against...

10.04.2025 30

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An inside look at Jewish Onliner, the anonymous website that got a Yale scholar suspended

A member of the faceless team using AI to expose ‘issues impacting the Jewish community’ answers questions about how the site picks its targets,...

29.03.2025 8

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From far left to Haredi right, Jews question ethics of voting in World Zionist Congress

As Jewish voters across the globe help decide Israel’s future, diametrically opposed groups on the fringes are united in taking issue with the terms...

25.03.2025 40

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Arielle Zuckerberg, partners launch $181,818,181 fund for ‘magically weird’ startups

Lee Jacobs says Hamas attack ‘awakened something dormant at my core,’ announcing, with Meta CEO’s sister, symbolically summed...

21.03.2025 40

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Three more NYC yeshivas to lose funding as secular education standards take effect

Parents at ultra-Orthodox schools in Brooklyn told to look elsewhere for their kids’ education, ahead of New York’s June 30 deadline for...

21.03.2025 30

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World Zionist Congress polls open in US, with ‘soul of the State of Israel’ at stake

American Jews will select 173 candidates from 21 lists, ranging from right-wing Orthodox to anti-Netanyahu Israeli expats, to serve in 39th session of...

11.03.2025 20

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These are the 21 slates vying for US Jews’ vote for the 39th World Zionist Congress

First post-Oct. 7 election features new lists committed to fighting campus anti-Israel activity, as well as Reform, Orthodox mainstays, and satellites...

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