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Dozens of Northwestern students face penalties for boycotting antisemitism video

While there is no requirement to endorse the contents of the training video made by Chicago’s Jewish federation, dozens protest what they call...

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London music festival cancels Israeli DJ after outcry from Ravers for Palestine group

Anti-Israel group accuses DJ Roi Perez of embodying ‘the colonial narrative of a benevolent, queer-friendly liberal Zionism,’ despite his...

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Fortnite removes ‘Peacemaker’ dance ’emote’ that users said resembled a swastika

‘Peaceful hips emote’ in hit video game is linked to character in television series ‘Peacemaker’ who finds alternate reality...

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Holocaust survivor Rita Zohar brings lived history to Johansson’s directorial debut

Actress says being able to tell story of the Holocaust ‘a gift’; movie tells story of eponymous woman, played by June Squibb, who passes...

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Rep. Jerry Nadler’s NYC synagogue rebuffs claims Mamdani will attend Yom Kippur services

Anti-Israel mayoral candidate faces criticism even as he joins City Comptroller Brad Lander’s progressive, pro-Palestinian congregation on Rosh...

26.09.2025 10

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Aron Bell, last of famed partisan Bielski brothers, dies at 98

Youngest sibling played a key role in his brothers’ forest settlement during the Holocaust, sneaking into nearby ghetto to convince Jews to...

26.09.2025 50

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Dua Lipa said to drop Jewish agent who urged Kneecap’s removal from Glastonbury

Source says British star will no longer be represented by David Levy because ‘she views him as being a supporter of Israel’s war in Gaza,...

23.09.2025 70

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15th-century Portuguese High Holiday prayer book completed with discovery of lost pages

Rare manuscript was divided into 3 sections at some point in history; final 2 parts found when they came up for auction, were purchased on National...

21.09.2025 50

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After years of war, world’s oldest synagogue paintings found intact in Damascus

Paintings from Dura Europos synagogue, believed to have been lost to time after the shul’s destruction, are now being housed inside a replica of...

20.09.2025 70

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With ban removed, NYC rabbis are weighing endorsements in a heated mayoral race

Most clergy are avoiding pulpit politics even with a recent change in IRS policy, but the specter of a city led by anti-Israel candidate Zohran...

20.09.2025 60

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Survey: US Jewish staff say internal rifts worse for morale than antisemitism, Gaza war

Poll of some 950 communal professionals finds just 25% often feel hopeful about future, compared to 82% of the general population, as they watch...

19.09.2025 20

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Ohio auction house halts sale of ‘unclaimed’ paintings Nazis took from Jewish owner

Art restitution organization, responding to tip-off, researched works by Ambrosius Bosschaert and discovered they belonged to family of German Jewish...

16.09.2025 30

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‘Jews did 9/11’: Synagogues, Chabad building in Canada daubed with antisemitic graffiti

Police release image of suspect, say they are increasing security patrols; Jewish sites attacked in Halifax amid tensions over Israeli tennis...

16.09.2025 60

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Oracle exec Larry Ellison briefly surpasses Elon Musk as richest man alive

The wealthiest Jew in the world, Ellison was raised in a Reform home and is said to have once offered Netanyahu a spot on his software firm’s...

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Orthodox US couple allegedly attacked in Venice by group shouting ‘free Palestine’

Mayor condemns assault, vows Venice will ‘continue to be an open, welcoming and safe city,’ as attacks on Jews and Israelis proliferate...

12.09.2025 60

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British lawmaker condemned for speech invoking IDF’s ‘blood-soaked tentacles’

Commentators note octopuses regularly feature in antisemitic imagery, say Shockat Adam either ‘grotesquely ignorant’ or ‘really just...

12.09.2025 60

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David Schaecter, Holocaust survivor and advocate who founded Miami memorial, dies at 96

Well-known activist lost 105 relatives during the Holocaust and spent his life pushing for restitution, Holocaust education and vigilance against...

06.09.2025 20

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Israeli fashion brand launches campaign calling to ‘resist starvation’ in Gaza

Campaign by Comme Il Faut shows chefs and restaurateurs holding empty pots, stirring backlash among commenters, who say Hamas to blame and only the...

04.09.2025 20

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Judge orders University of Pittsburgh to reinstate Students for Justice in Palestine

Decision comes as new school year starts, anti-Israel protests expected to continue; Pitt’s SJP chapter was suspended in March for...

03.09.2025 20

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After deadly firebombing, Boulder hostage march forced to relocate as threats persist

Participants in march to raise awareness for plight of captives held by Hamas terrorists say pro-Palestinian demonstrators have shouted antisemitic...

30.08.2025 30

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Beverly Hills school board votes to fly Israeli flags in effort to fight antisemitism

Resolution narrowly approved by school board of the ritzy and heavily Jewish Los Angeles enclave also calls for designating Oct. 7 as a ‘Day of...

29.08.2025 70

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Reversing course, Philadelphia Jewish museum to rehang vandalized Israeli flag

Following criticism, head of Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History says ‘we certainly didn’t intend… to create a...

29.08.2025 60

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Pulitzer Prize-winner Geraldine Brooks awarded Library of Congress American fiction award

Author’s novels often focus on aspects of Jewish history; amid turmoil at institution, Brooks praises ‘visionary librarians who value...

28.08.2025 30

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Kneecap cancels sold-out US tour day after clash with Jewish protesters in Paris

Rap group says court gate of band member facing terrorism charge in UK court for displaying Hezbollah flag at London concert interfered with concert...

26.08.2025 50

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Atlanta man fired for joining wife’s antisemitic tirade at father of fallen officer

Video shows Mark and Anna Bouzyk shouting slurs at David Lubin, father of Border Police cop Rose; pair had posted pro-Palestinian lawn signs,...

23.08.2025 60

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Britain, France lead 21 countries in joint condemnation of new settlement project

UK summons Israeli envoy to denounce Jerusalem’s approval of E1 project, which US Ambassador Huckabee says was a response to Western...

22.08.2025 40

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Reform movement opposes death penalty for accused killer of Israeli embassy staffers

Director of Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism sends letter to US attorney general calling capital punishment ‘a stain upon civilization...

22.08.2025 50

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Yankees knowingly picked player who once drew a swastika on Jewish classmate’s door

Core Jackson says he was drunk during incident at age 17, says, he’s gown up and ‘I don’t want there to be any excuses for my...

21.08.2025 50

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US Homeland Security speechwriter promoted ‘Great Replacement’ theory on podcast

Eric Lendman endorsed the conspiracy theory in episode called ‘Is White Replacement a Myth?’ while denying it’s antisemitic:...

21.08.2025 60

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Ohio man admits to federal hate crime for antisemitic attack on students at Ohio State

A Title VI complaint against OSU alleged that assailants shouted ‘Free Palestine’ during the November 2023 incident

19.08.2025 60

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Jewish Democrat Jamie Raskin joins lawmakers backing bill to restrict arms to Israel

House Minority Whip Katherine Clark becomes highest ranking member of Congress to call war in Gaza ‘genocide,’ given notable decline in...

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‘Schlep,’ self-appointed watchdog with Yiddish name, is banned from gaming platform

Roblox bars ‘To Catch a Predator’-style sleuth, then blasts ‘vigilantes’ — sparking real-world lawsuit and giving the...

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Pete Buttigieg sharpens tone on Israel after facing backlash for supportive stance

Underscoring Democratic party’s changing attitude on Israel, ex-transportation secretary says he’d back US recognition of Palestinian...

16.08.2025 70

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North Carolina Democrat spurns AIPAC, in latest sign of party’s distancing from Israel

Valerie Foushee, whose 2022 campaign was backed by AIPAC, says she won’t accept its donations in next race, as DNC weighs resolutions calling...

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‘A smear campaign against me’: Huda Beauty founder defends anti-Israel conspiracy rant

Huda Kattan faces calls to have brand removed from Sephora stores after she accused Israel of being behind World War I, World War II, 9/11 and Oct. 7

12.08.2025 60

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US woman charged for ‘terroristic threat’ on NY high school with ‘Zionist’ students

Iman Abdul posted location of school, appearing to suggest followers ‘attack’ it; later claims she only called for an attack on the...

12.08.2025 50

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Concerned by antisemitism, parents lead effort to launch new Jewish high school in Chicago

With private and public schools reportedly failing to address Jew hatred and a lack of non-Orthodox options within city limits, a new initiative is...

10.08.2025 70

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Rabbi and family safely escape fire that destroys historic New Jersey synagogue

Mayor says no indications blaze at Congregation Beth El Chabad was intentionally set while Rabbi Yitzchok Lerman, his wife and kids were sleeping in...

09.08.2025 30

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Historic Odesa synagogue sustains heavy damage from Russian drone strike

Flames engulf Nachlas Eliezer after suicide drone crashes into building, in latest Russian attack to hit a Jewish communal space in Ukraine; no...

08.08.2025 60

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Some Jewish educators feel ‘stabbed in the back’ as NY teachers union endorses Mamdani

Instructors had hoped the collective would refrain from championing any mayoral candidate due to the upcoming election’s divisive nature; now...

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After Lutherans pass ‘one-sided’ Israel resolution, US rabbi’s plea for unity prevails

Union for Reform Judaism president Rick Jacobs has decades of interfaith work under his belt, so when a church convention voiced a narrow view of the...

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Nearly 2,000 influential Diaspora Jews call on Netanyahu to end war, enable Gaza aid

Letter signed by key donors to Israel demand premier ‘enforce the law in the West Bank’ and commit to rejecting use of ‘starvation...

06.08.2025 10

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Leading UK Jewish group calls Israeli aid measures in Gaza ‘long overdue’

Statement by Board of Deputies of British Jews appears to mark shift after it disciplined dozens of members for signing open letter condemning Israel...

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New Trump policy letting US federal workers proselytize at work references tefillin

Memo cites Jewish prayer phylacteries as an example of a protected religious object that government employees may display on their desks and use to...

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Lithuania goes back on pledge to convert sports complex into Jewish heritage site

Soviet ‘Sports Palace’ built on the site of a historic Jewish cemetery will become a convention center, in decision Jewish group says...

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35 US rabbis arrested in separate NYC and DC demonstrations for Gaza food aid

27 held after protesting in Senate majority leader’s office, 8 others detained near Israeli consulate, reflecting growing concern for Gazan...

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‘You’re just yelling at a Jew,’ Regina Spektor tells pro-Palestinian heckler

Jewish singer-songwriter stops concert to respond to demonstrator, suggests other member of audience leave for saying ‘there’s a genocide...

29.07.2025 40

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Stanford suspends student co-op accused of urging Jewish students to leave

Probe finds Jewish students who participated in unnamed extracurricular activity were asked to leave because presence of ‘Zionists’ was making...

25.07.2025 40

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Billy Porter sparks controversy by saying Black people replacing Jews as targets of hate

Actor and singer makes remark while promoting new lead role in revival of ‘Cabaret,’ which deals with a Berlin nightclub and its patrons...

24.07.2025 50

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Canada’s resigning antisemitism envoy laments silence of key voices

Deborah Lyons, who will leave post 3 months early, despondent over difficulty in getting people to ‘speak up, speak with clarity’ about...

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