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Jackie Hajdenberg

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US Jewish groups say Islamic Center shooting proves need for federal security funding

US Jewish groups say Islamic Center shooting proves need for federal security funding

Michigan synagogue targeted in recent ramming attack says images out of California ‘all too familiar to us’; chair of state’s Legislative Jewish...

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Trump’s ‘Shabbat 250’ call divides US Jews ahead of National Mall prayer rally

Trump’s ‘Shabbat 250’ call divides US Jews ahead of National Mall prayer rally

Call marks first time a US president has urged marking of Shabbat; some Orthodox rabbis have embraced it, while those on Jewish left warn of blurring...

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Jewish Republican Paul Singer tarred with rainbow Star of David in Kentucky primary ad

Jewish Republican Paul Singer tarred with rainbow Star of David in Kentucky primary ad

Rep. Thomas Massie criticizes opponent Ed Gallrein by highlighting his donor Singer with anti-LGBTQ torrent along with symbol that critics say is...

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Pennsylvania judge leaves Democrats over party’s ‘coddling’ of antisemitism

Pennsylvania judge leaves Democrats over party’s ‘coddling’ of antisemitism

Supreme Court justice David Wecht, who formerly led state’s Democrats, says that hatred of Jews has moved from fringes to party’s mainstream;...

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Georgetown Law graduation speaker backs out after students protest his ‘Zionist opinions’

University replaces Morton Schapiro with a speaker who compared congressional hearings on campus antisemitism to ‘McCarthyism,’ decried efforts to...

07.05.2026 50

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Pro-BDS novelist’s new book includes minor Israeli character, fueling online backlash

Rebecca ‘R. F.’ Kuang is accused by some fans of ‘normalizing Israel,’ following leak of excerpt from ‘Taipei Story’ in which an unnamed...

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Jewish library and Chabad in suburb near Buenos Aires attacked; no injuries reported

Local counterterrorism unit investigating after Molotov cocktails thrown at Israeli Literary Center and Max Nordau Library in La Plata

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New film profiles Jewish feminist who is NYC Sanitation Department’s official artist

‘Maintenance Artist’ looks at Mierle Laderman Ukeles’s 50-year partnership with the municipal workers and her belief, rooted in Jewish identity,...

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J.D. Salinger asked publishers to remove mention of Jewish-Irish heritage, letters show

Request made by acclaimed author ahead of 1951 publication of ‘The Catcher in the Rye’: ‘Don’t know that I’d like to have that Jewish-Irish...

29.04.2026 70

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Venice Biennale judges won’t consider Israel due to Netanyahu’s ICC arrest warrant

Artist and sculptor Belu-Simion Fainaru, representing Israel, says he believes ‘art thrives on openness’; Foreign Ministry: ‘Spectacle of false,...

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Unspecified threats temporarily close Houston synagogue and Jewish day school

Jewish Federation of Greater Houston says it does not believe there was a risk to the broader Jewish community

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The Strokes frontman says ‘privileged’ Zionists talk ‘like Black people during slavery’

In popular web series episode, rockstar Julian Casablancas says ‘American Zionists’ enjoy benefits of ‘white privileged people’ but complain...

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Joan Nathan knew her Catholic relative died in the Holocaust. A new project added detail

The renowned Jewish cookbook author’s family history is uncovered in Histories and Mysteries, an initiative of the Ackman and Ziff Family Genealogy...

16.04.2026 60

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US scraps deadline for Holocaust-looted art claims, paving way for new restitution efforts

Trump signs law expanding 2016 HEAR act, canceling sunset clause and barring artworks’ current owners from using certain legal tactics, such as...

15.04.2026 60

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US support group for interfaith Jewish families guts staff amid funding crisis

18Doors has gone from 15 employees down to four, as many nonprofits struggle with post-Oct. 7 patterns in charitable giving that see people focusing...

08.04.2026 70

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Israelis seeking to fly abroad for Passover make a reverse Exodus path through Egypt

As war leads to flight cancellations from Ben Gurion Airport, Israelis and Jews observe the irony of people rushing to get into Egypt, with some...

02.04.2026 70

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English mayor resigns after boosting claim Jewish ambulance arson was ‘false flag’

Bath’s Bharat Pankhania apologizes ‘unreservedly’ for engaging with posts about torching of four Hatzola vehicles in London; police treating...

01.04.2026 70

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War with Iran casts a shadow as Persian Jews mark Nowruz in New York City

Iranians in the diaspora now have some tentative hope there could be change for the better in their homeland, while thousands of Jews still there are...

31.03.2026 70

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Meet Karin Prien, who could become Germany’s first president of Jewish descent

A granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, the highly popular federal minister wears a Star of David necklace and says her ‘Jewish biography’ shapes...

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Antisemitic attacks in Europe raise questions about new, shadowy ‘terror group’

Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya was unknown until earlier this month, but a string of arson attacks has led some to suggest it may be tied to...

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For Chinese-speaking Jews in New York, ‘Mazel Tofu’ offers a new kind of community

The collective of Jewish Mandarin speakers formed two years ago through an only-in-NYC tale of serendipity and Jewish geography, and now meets monthly

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Two more Toronto-area synagogues hit with gunfire over Shabbat

Buildings damaged but nobody injured in attacks, which come days after another Toronto congregation was struck following Purim event, as Jewish...

10.03.2026 100

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Jewish screenwriting lab’s first film depicts Holocaust survivor and gay grandson

Roommate comedy ‘Bookends’ is based on writer and star Noam Ash’s experience moving in with his grandparents post-breakup

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San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie denounces ‘Tax the Jews’ chant heard during protest

Chant appears to be shouted by woman who also calls to ‘tax Israel’; Democrat Socialists of America, which was leading ‘tax the rich’...

27.02.2026 100

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Atlanta Jewish Film Festival apologizes over anti-Zionist juror judging human rights films

Israeli consulate claims evaluator shared antisemitic content, withdraws support from the event after organizers say the decision is irreversible as...

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New curriculum brings adults with intellectual disabilities into heart of Jewish learning

An increasingly popular program from Melton and Matan adapts Torah, prayer and holiday study for learners around the world who’ve been long left out...

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Jewish students warn US Commission on Civil Rights against politicizing campus antisemitism

During a hearing on how the federal government has responded to Jew-hatred at educational institutions, Democrats and Republicans argue over whose...

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US judge rules Trump’s defamation lawsuit against BBC to go to trial in 2027

South Florida court rejects British broadcaster’s request to delay proceedings in which US president is seeking up to $10 billion in damages...

12.02.2026 60

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ADL: Canada school shooter tweeted ‘I need to hate jews’ 2 days before attack

Watchdog finds Jesse Van Rootselaar ‘regularly shared antisemitic and racist content and material glorifying previous mass killers,’...

12.02.2026 60

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A maligned marker honoring a French Nazi sympathizer is off NYC’s streets — for now

One of two plaques honoring leaders of Vichy France was removed due to New York’s cold weather, but there are plans to put it back despite years...

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America’s complicated Black-Jewish story gets an update in new four-part PBS series

Docuseries featuring Henry Louis Gates, Michael Twitty, and more explores overlapping, parallel moments in the histories of Black and Jewish Americans...

03.02.2026 100

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Boston-area Jewish school closing after 25 years, says model ‘no longer sustainable’

Framingham’s MetroWest Jewish Day School to shutter its doors; head of school cites ‘substantially lower enrollment,’ as Jewish day...

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Elaine Grossinger Etess, 3rd-generation owner of famous Catskills resort, dies at 98

As longtime owner of the legendary hotel nicknamed ‘Waldorf in the Catskills,’ Grossinger Etess catered to the Borscht Belt with kosher...

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Oct. 7 spurred this NYC secular private school to start holding an annual Shabbat gathering

After the Hamas atrocities and the wave of antisemitism that followed, Jewish students at the Town School sought an affinity group of their own...

30.01.2026 70

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US federal building known for murals by Jewish artists at risk of sale, demolition

Activists call for protection, preservation of Wilbur J. Cohen building, known as ‘Sistine Chapel of the New Deal,’ for its massive...

29.01.2026 100

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NJ church says antisemitic character in pageant was taken ‘out of context’

St. Mary Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Church panned for saying outsiders may misunderstand culture of vertep event featuring character in...

27.01.2026 100

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Larry Ellison renamed superyacht whose name backwards was ‘I’m a Nazi’

Superyacht Izanami, originally built for a Japanese businessman, was named after Shinto deity, but Jewish billionaire rechristened it after local...

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Jewish caricature in Ukrainian Christmas tradition appears at NJ church, drawing criticism

Church shares video of man dressed as Hasidic Jew who refers to himself as a ‘zhyd’ while carrying a sack of coins and dancing with the...

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Anti-Zionist graffiti defaces rubble of Pasadena synagogue destroyed in wildfire

The rabbi of the century-old Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, along with the Anti-Defamation League and local sheriff’s department, decry the...

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Australian parliament to meet early to pass hate speech laws after Bondi terror attack

Legislative response to Hanukkah shooting would create new offenses for ‘hate preachers,’ expand ban on prohibited symbols, and set...

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Labor experts weigh in on Breads Bakery workers’ demand to cut ties with Israel

Harry C. Katz, a labor law scholar, says ‘workers don’t have a right to tell management what… to do with its own funds, or personal...

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Workers of Israeli-owned NY bakery unionize, call to end ‘support of Palestine genocide’

Breads Bakery employees see their ‘struggle for fair pay, respect as connected to struggles against genocide and forces of exploitation,’...

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An immersive dinner takes a culinary journey through the Jewish Diaspora

With cuisine from Ukraine, Ethiopia, Mexico, and Iran, ‘Diaspora’ multi-course meal events aim to push back against...

13.11.2025 100

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Controversial Israeli film ‘The Sea’ makes its North American premiere in NYC

The Arabic-language film, Israel’s Academy Award submission this year, has ignited criticism on the left and the right. On Thursday, it opens the...

06.11.2025 100

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Feminist vs. Jewish: These women say NYC’s mayoral election is forcing a painful choice

Many fear antisemitism could proliferate unchecked under virulently anti-Israel frontrunner Mamdani, while rival Cuomo has a track record of sexual...

01.11.2025 100

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A growing Hebrew school may augur a new era for Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood

Though it borders the Hasidic hub of Williamsburg, the north Brooklyn community was never known for its Jewish population – though that may be...

26.10.2025 100

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NYC Sabbath boundary goes high-tech, aiding the rabbi who’s checked it weekly since 1999

A wire enclosure around Manhattan circumvents a biblical prohibition against carrying on the day of rest. New magnetic sensors help Moshe Tauber...

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New exhibit on 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre chronicles deadly antisemitism in US

‘Lessons from the Tree of Life: Lighting the Path Forward’ appears at Museum of Jewish Heritage alongside installations marking two other...

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Gary Shteyngart reflects on botched circumcision in new short film

Documentary based on 2021 New Yorker essay about the events surrounding the procedure the Jewish author underwent as a 7-year-old immigrant from...

01.10.2025 100

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US Jewish communal leader among victims in Manhattan mass shooting

Wesley LePatner, a board member for UJA-Federation of New York and The Abraham Joshua Heschel School, mourned by loved ones as ‘uniquely...

30.07.2025 100

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