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Over 50 NY rabbis implore mayor and governor to oppose mass deportations

Over 50 NY rabbis implore mayor and governor to oppose mass deportations

Letter to Eric Adams, Kathy Hochul comes as former faces calls to resign as administration moves to drop graft charges against him so he’ll help...

19.02.2025 40

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Ben Sales

Chikli tells US Jewish leaders he will vote against stage 2 of hostage release deal

Chikli tells US Jewish leaders he will vote against stage 2 of hostage release deal

Diaspora minister, who also refused to back first phase of ceasefire agreement, tells Conference of Presidents that he opposes freeing Palestinian...

18.02.2025 10

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Anne Frank’s best friend, to whom she wrote farewell letter in hiding, dies at 96

Anne Frank’s best friend, to whom she wrote farewell letter in hiding, dies at 96

Jacqueline van Maarsen, a classmate of the diarist, was able to survive Holocaust as her Christian-raised mother had her and her sister declared to be...

15.02.2025 50

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Interim US attorney Danielle Sassoon quits after being told to drop NYC mayor’s case

Interim US attorney Danielle Sassoon quits after being told to drop NYC mayor’s case

Jewish prosecutor says she cannot ‘in good faith’ dismiss the charges against Eric Adams as the evidence ‘proves beyond a reasonable doubt that...

14.02.2025 50

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‘NO to ethnic cleansing’: Hundreds of US rabbis, Jewish celebs slam Trump’s Gaza plan

‘NO to ethnic cleansing’: Hundreds of US rabbis, Jewish celebs slam Trump’s Gaza plan

Actor Joaquin Phoenix, screenwriter Tony Kushner, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum among prominent Jews who signed full-page NYT ad assailing US president’s...

14.02.2025 20

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Macklemore’s latest anti-Israel music video puts West Bank and Holocaust side by side

Macklemore’s latest anti-Israel music video puts West Bank and Holocaust side by side

Posted Tuesday, rapper’s song ‘F—ed up’ has garnered more than 14 million views on X alone; images of Jews and Israelis in negative contexts...

13.02.2025 30

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Google Calendar no longer shows Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jewish American Heritage Month

Google Calendar no longer shows Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jewish American Heritage Month

Move is part of broader removal of cultural and ethnic observances from app, with tech firm saying the changes are due to workload and not related to...

13.02.2025 50

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JD Vance to visit Dachau concentration camp on Thursday

JD Vance to visit Dachau concentration camp on Thursday

US vice president to tour the former camp, one of the first built by the Nazis, before heading to Munich Security Conference

13.02.2025 40

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Over 30 US liberal Jewish groups sign letter defending DEI as an ‘invaluable tool’

Over 30 US liberal Jewish groups sign letter defending DEI as an ‘invaluable tool’

Statement led by Union for Reform Judaism says that diversity, equity and inclusion efforts can be done ‘in way that is truly inclusive of Jewish...

08.02.2025 60

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Man pleads guilty to firing gun outside NY synagogue while yelling ‘free Palestine’

Man pleads guilty to firing gun outside NY synagogue while yelling ‘free Palestine’

Mufid Fawaz Alkhader convicted of hate crime and firearms charges over incident in Albany, two months after Hamas onslaught against Israel

05.02.2025 40

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Flight attendant killed in DC plane crash was alumnus of Jewish youth group

Flight attendant killed in DC plane crash was alumnus of Jewish youth group

BBYO says Ian Epstein, remembered for his passion for traveling and sense of humor, was ‘a proud member of our movement’

01.02.2025 40

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In freed hostage Gadi Mozes, many Israelis see embodiment of ‘kibbutznik’ spirit

Kibbutz Nir Oz resident hailed as ‘salt of the earth’ after image of him walking among masked terrorists as he was released from Gaza, with what...

31.01.2025 30

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Director of pro-Israel American LGBTQ group faces sexual misconduct charge

Ethan Felson denies accusation of groping an employee at Vermont museum, takes medical leave from A Wider Bridge, which says terms of executive...

30.01.2025 40

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Could Donald Trump become liberal Zionists’ next hero?

Mixed signals as new US president helps clinch Gaza agreement, appears intent on Israeli-Saudi deal requiring path to Palestinian state, while making...

29.01.2025 40

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New Jersey synagogue defaced with ‘terrorists’ graffiti for hosting IDF soldier

Protesters outside Oheb Shalom congregation called passersby ‘baby killers,’ spray-paint ‘Terrorists This Way’; officials line up to condemn act

28.01.2025 30

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They love Trump, but many on the right loathe the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal he demanded

In both Israel and the United States, some of those who strongly back the incoming president deeply oppose the Gaza agreement he is enthusing over

16.01.2025 40

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Six reach plea deals for attempting to tunnel into Chabad HQ in Brooklyn

Four others opt for trial over 60-foot long tunnel behind synagogue wall, as judge scolds them for incident that gained international attention: ‘A...

15.01.2025 40

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London cops ask pro-Palestinian group to move anti-Israel rally away from synagogue

Palestine Solidarity Campaign rejects police request, as dozens of British lawmakers warn ‘that many Jewish families have been intimidated’ by the...

11.01.2025 40

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Hindu spiritual leader and activist tapped for NYC’s top anti-hate crime post

New York Jewish Week, via JTA — The next leader of New York City’s Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes will be Vijah Ramjattan, a Hindu...

04.01.2025 5

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As relations ebb, rabbi and bishop launch guide to educate Catholics on antisemitism

JTA — When the American Jewish Committee began working with US bishops years ago to educate Catholics about antisemitism, they didn’t anticipate a...

23.12.2024 10

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Israeli journalist Amir Tibon survived the Oct. 7 massacre. He worries the country won’t

The story of a reporter’s family from Kibbutz Nahal Oz has gained traction as their rescue by father Noam, a retired major general, highlights some...

07.09.2024 20

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Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s Jewish governor, could be Kamala Harris’s VP pick

Moderate who has been vocal in his support for Israel, and has centered his Jewishness in previous campaigns, could become first Jewish vice president

24.07.2024 50

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