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Maya Rudolph, James Schamus among filmmakers calling to protect ‘No Other Land’ team after director’s arrest
An online petition has gained more than 18,000 signatories since Hamdan Ballal was arrested by Israeli troops on Monday.
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Trump nixes pro-Israel darling Elise Stefanik’s nomination to be UN ambassador
Trump cited the Republicans' razor-thin majority in Congress, where Stefanik has served in the party leadership.
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Child marriage banned in Washington, D.C., after push by Jewish advocates
New legislation banning child marriage in Washington, D.C., was signed into law last week following advocacy by a coalition ...
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How the Yiddish writer Chaim Grade’s last novel was rescued from the archives, and wrestled into print
Sixty years after he first began serializing it in the Yiddish press, and 42 years after publisher Alfred A. Knopf acquired ...
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Here’s why hospitals ask you your religion — and why Jews shouldn’t be afraid to answer
On a recent trip to the ER in NYC, I was taken aback by the question and didn’t answer. Now I know better.
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Frankfurt’s Jewish community launches its own sexual abuse hotline amid crises and pressure
The third-party hotline is unusual if not unprecedented for local Jewish communities, according to a U.S. advocate.
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After announcing LGBTQ club, Yeshiva U president says Pride values ‘antithetical’ to the school
In an email to students, Rabbi Ari Berman rejected the idea that Y.U. had reversed its prohibition on the club.
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Israelis flock to Keith Siegel’s Pancake House for the former hostage’s signature hotcakes
Former hostage Keith Siegel, at right, speaks with well-wishes during the first day of Keith Siegel’s Pancake House, a pop-up ...
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French far-right leader decries antisemitism and Islamism at contentious Israeli government conference
The far-right French leader Jordan Bardella spoke to applause at an Israeli government conference, in a landmark moment for ...
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Israeli government increases politicians’ role in selecting judges, passing key piece of judicial overhaul
The overhaul effort sparked mass protests and civil disobedience across Israel. Critics said it would deal a heavy blow to ...
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What Jewish groups are saying ahead of Mike Huckabee’s confirmation hearing to be Israel ambassador
The former Arkansas governor and evangelical pastor is a staunch Christian Zionist who has called for Israel to control the ...
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Tufts international grad student detained by ICE in latest action targeting pro-Palestinian activist
Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish international student, was arrested Tuesday near her Somerville, Massachusetts home while walking ...