JTA — A disagreement over how to define the sources of rising antisemitism in Europe escalated into a public clash this week between two prominent Jewish leaders, with tech billionaire Elon Musk intervening to back the US government’s…
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US antisemitism envoy feuds with prominent European rabbi, drawing praise from Elon Musk
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Ten reasons to go out next week
1. WHEN CHAIRS REVOLTRonen Sharabani turns digital imagery into a visceral spatial experience, transforming the Tel Aviv Museum of Art’s grand entrance into a shifting architectural landscape. In his new site-specific work Connections,…
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Minnesota rabbi among dozens arrested in faith leaders’ anti-ICE protest
JTA — At least one local rabbi was arrested Friday in Minneapolis as hundreds of faith leaders from around the country gathered to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in the Twin Cities.
Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman, the…
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CENTCOM chief reportedly to visit Israel on Saturday amid US military buildup in Mideast
Commander of the United States Central Command Adm. Brad Cooper is expected to arrive in Israel on Saturday for meetings with senior officials, the Kan public broadcaster reported Friday, as US President Donald Trump indicates he is…
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Israeli Colonizer Attacks Across the West Bank, Friday |
Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of coordinated attacks on Friday across several areas of the occupied West Bank, targeting cemeteries, mosques, agricultural land, and Palestinian communities in Jenin…
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Leaders of Germany, Italy say they can’t join Trump’s Board of Peace in its current form
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday he would be ready to join US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace initiative for the sake of Gaza but could not accept the plan in its current form.
“In the form in which the peace…
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Trump angers Britain with claims about NATO forces ‘stayed behind’ in Afghanistan
Trump claimed NATO troops stayed behind and did not fight on the front lines in Afghanistan, angering Britain; the mother of a wounded paratrooper urged Starmer to seek an apology, which he did not demand; Prince Harry weighed in, and UK reports…
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Unsealed court documents suggest Trump admin detained Tufts student for writing op-ed critical of Israel
Newly unsealed court documents show the Trump administration did not have evidence that Tufts University PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk was supporting terrorist activity when she was arrested and her visa was…
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Iran to restore internet access as US says military buildup aims to deter ‘something
US Vice President JD Vance said Friday that the buildup of American forces in the Middle East opposite Iran is intended “to make sure if the Iranians, god forbid, did something very stupid, then we have the resources to respond to it.”Vance,…
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Police free 5 suspects arrested over disappearance of IDF soldier nearly 2 decades ago
Police have released five suspects without charge after they were arrested last month on suspicion of involvement in the disappearance of missing IDF soldier Guy Hever, Hebrew media outlets revealed Friday following the expiration of a gag…
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