New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is facing backlash after his team responded to an anti-Israel protest outside a Manhattan synagogue that was hosting an event promoting Jewish immigration to Israel on Wednesday by saying that “sacred…
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Miami Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa Says He Wants to Play an NFL Game in Jerusalem
The phrase “Next year in Jerusalem” is customarily spoken at the end of the Passover Seder. But this past weekend its sentiment was conveyed at the end of a different kind of gathering: a low-scoring NFL game between the Miami Dolphins and…
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3,000 Jewish Pimps, 80,000 Jewish Girls and Women: 19th Century Trafficking Operation Retold in New Novel
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, around 80,000 Jewish girls and women from Eastern Europe were forced into prostitution. Novelist Eytan Dror Freier tells how these victims fought to survive and even maintain their Jewish culture
The late…
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'Stop funding genocide': Cameron Kasky, Parkland shooting survivor, runs for Congress
Kasky, a 25-year-old self-described ‘unhinged politics Jew,’ enters an already crowded race to succeed Rep. Jerry Nadler in New York City
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Germany’s Antisemitism Czar Braces for Backlash Over Move to Rein in pro-Palestinian Protests
Felix Klein, Germany’s antisemitism czar, arriving at an event in Berlin last month. Credit: Tobias Schwarz/AFP
In an interview with Haaretz, Dr. Felix Klein says his plan to outlaw ‘From the River to the Sea’ and other chants that could be…
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Neo-Nazi Leader Admits Plot to Give Poisoned Candy to Jewish Kids in New York City
The leader of an Eastern European neo-Nazi group has pleaded guilty in New York to trying to recruit others to commit violent attacks against Jews and racial minorities, including one plot that would have involved dressing as Santa Claus to hand…
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Graffiti During Mexican Protests Against Claudia Sheinbaum’s Government Calls Out ‘Jewish Whore’
Sheinbaum, elected last year, is Mexico’s first Jewish president. Israel’s foreign minister, Gideon Sa’ar, denounced the graffiti: ‘Israel strongly condemns the antisemitic and sexist slurs directed at Mexico’s…
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A German Policeman’s Album Reveals the Only Images of Hamburg’s Jewish Deportation
In one photograph, roughly 20 people stand at the foot of a building. Some wear Nazi uniforms; others have armbands marking them as members of Jewish organizations. Their warm clothing and the fallen leaves suggest the photo was taken in autumn….
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Following backlash, IDF cantor to perform at Amsterdam Hanukkah concert – but not for all
Earlier this month, the Royal Concert Hall canceled the Chanukah Concert Foundation’s program over its singer, a retired IDF chief cantor. As a compromise, the hall and foundation will hold separate concerts and host the cantor – and one…
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The Jewish People’s Parliament Has a New Force at the Table: The Evangelical Right
Two weeks ago, more than 550 delegates from around the world gathered in Jerusalem for the World Zionist Congress, which has convened every four to five years since 1897. This time, it made headlines largely because of a last-minute attempt to…
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