JTA — The Conservative movement, one of the major Jewish denominations, is formally apologizing for decades of discouraging intermarriage and committing itself to a new approach centered on engagement.
The shift marks a significant change…
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US-based Conservative movement apologizes, signals new approach on intermarriage
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‘If Hezbollah threatens Israel, there will be no peace’: Israel-Lebanon talks continu
Saudi media said the Lebanese army found a Hezbollah tunnel with weapons in southern Lebanon; Rubio said disarming Hezbollah requires a strong Lebanese government and warned there will be no peace if it threatens Israel, expressing hope talks advance
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NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani faces new questions after top appointee resigns after resurfaced social posts
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — Catherine Almonte Da Costa resigned after criticism of antisemitic posts on her social media when she was young.
“This is not indicative of who I am,” she said.
Da Costa is married to a Jewish man and she is the mother of…
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Gaza no longer in famine but hunger levels remain critical, UN says | Gaza
The famine in Gaza has ended as a result of increased humanitarian aid deliveries into the territory, the UN said on Friday, though it warned that levels of hunger and the humanitarian situation remained critical.
Almost one in eight people in…
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Al-Majd Europe: The secret shell company smuggling Palestinians out of Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News
A shell company with Israeli ties exploited Palestinians desperate to flee the ongoing war in Gaza, charging them large sums of money to covertly exit the country in what may be an official plan to ethnically cleanse the territory.
In an exclusive…
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US launches operation against ISIS in Syria after deadly attack on Americans
Syria and its allies hail lifting of harsh US sanctions
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s government and its allies welcome the final lifting of the most draconian sanctions imposed on the country in recent decades.
Syria’s foreign…
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Canadian police arrest 3 men for attempted kidnappings targeting women and Jews
Canadian police on Friday announced the arrest of three men for attempted kidnappings targeting Jews and women, and terrorism.
The suspects were named as Waleed Khan, 26, Osman Azizov, 18, and Fahad Sadaat, 19. The suspects are all from…
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Palestinians tell BBC they were sexually abused in Israeli prisons
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Sami al-Saei alleges that he was sexually abused by prison guards while being detained without charge This article contains descriptions of sexual abuse and violence which some readers may find distressing.
Two Palestinian men have told the BBC…
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Prosecutors quit US Justice Department en masse over ‘sham’ UC antisemitism probe
JTA — Nine federal prosecutors, including at least one Jew, recently resigned from the Justice Department over what they described as the Trump administration’s “fraudulent” handling of its ongoing antisemitism investigation
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UN nuclear watchdog should stay impartial on Iran, Lavrov says – ایران اینترنشنال
- UN nuclear watchdog should stay impartial on Iran, Lavrov says ایران اینترنشنال
- Russia urges IAEA chief to adopt an impartial stance towards Iran نورنیوز
- Iran’s nuclear chief criticizes IAEA, calls for new procedures after…
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