Dozens of rabbis and cantors who graduated from Brown University have a message for their alma mater’s president: “Do not cede control to those who weaponize antisemitism.”
Their message comes in an open letter to…
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OPINION: Deluded deputies claim British Jews blame Israel – that is an unforgivable lie
Let me begin by recalling that, as a young reporter, I covered a session of the Board of Deputies of British Jews. There I witnessed its then president, Lord Janner shouting loudly and possibly banging his shoe, Kruschev-style to get errant…
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Who killed Jesus? It wasn’t the Jews, writes a scholar of Roman law.
This again?
Having grown up in the years after Nostra Aetate – the Vatican document rejecting the traditional accusation that the Jews were responsible for the death of Jesus – I assumed it was a settled issue.
But…
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Josh Shapiro recounts arson terror but does not back Schumer’s call for federal hate crime investigation
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro revealed on Thursday that investigators had managed to retrieve ritual Passover items from the dining room that was heavily damaged by an arsonist’s fire shortly after his family’s seder…
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OPINION: Letter signed by 36 deputies is welcome show of solidarity with majority view in Israel
We are ‘We Democracy’ – a grassroots community of British Jews and Israelis living in the UK who care deeply about the future of Israel and about preserving its democracy.
We are writing following Board of Deputies President Phil…
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Alleged Hamas supporter livestreamed arrival into UK on small boat, court hears
An alleged Palestinian gunman who reportedly called for the slaughter of Jews livestreamed his illegal arrival into the UK on a small boat, a court has heard.
Abu Wadee, 33, also known as Mosab Abdulkarim Al-Gassas, is charged with arriving…
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Texas Jews split as lawmakers sign off on $1B private school voucher program
The Texas House of Representatives signed off Thursday on a $1 billion school voucher program, in a move that some Jewish groups are hailing as a win for school choice while others are expressing dismay over potential…
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Israel is global leader in AI talent, confirms new LinkedIn Report
Israel ranks first globally for the highest concentration of AI talent, according to LinkedIn’s AI Talent Index, which monitors workforce trends across nations and sectors.
The report, based on member profile data collected from the…
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Palestinian sentenced to jail in Germany after assaulting Munich massacre victim’s re
Mustafa A., a Palestinian student in Berlin, convicted of punching and kicking Lahav Shapira—the grandson of one of the 1972 Munich Olympics terror attack victims; Judges ruled the motive was antisemitic and imposed a harsher sentence than…
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Chicago man charged with hate crime for attack of two Jewish DePaul students
One of the men who allegedly beat two Jewish DePaul University students after one showed support for Israel last November has been charged with a hate crime.
Adam Erkan, 20, has been charged with two counts of aggravated…
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