The community’s leading disability charity has warned chronic underfunding is leaving services facing their “hardest” year ever.
The unprecedented remark was issued during Kisharon Langdon’s inaugural fundraising dinner as the…
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In Gadi Mozes, the octogenarian freed from Gaza, Israelis see an iconic ‘kibbutznik’
Thursday’s chaotic hostage release, which saw a crush of fighters push two captives through a restless crowd, shocked viewers and sparked a crisis in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.
It also left Israelis with at least one lasting image:…
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Jewish women are braiding challah and hair to mark the release of Israeli hostage Agam Berger
When four young Israeli soldiers were released in Gaza over the weekend, the first thing many people noticed about them was their defiant gestures in front of their Hamas captors.
The second was their braided hair.
Some close…
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OPINION: A chilling reminder to a world on edge
I’ve just returned to London from Krakow where I attended events marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz Birkenau. As with any visit to the camps and environs one experiences a welter of thoughts and emotions in real…
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Survey finds 83% of Jewish students experienced antisemitism since October 7
Some 83% of Jewish college students have experienced or witnessed some form of antisemitism since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel, according to a new survey by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Hillel International and College Pulse. …Continue Reading
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Westminister authorities ban Holocaust exhibition after claiming it is too political
House of Commons authorities have ruled that a Holocaust memorial exhibition is too political to be displayed in the historic Westminster Hall building.
The decision was made despite the fact that the Palestine Solidarity Campaign have…
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An UES street corner gets a new name — after a Holocaust museum in Israel
It was a sunny yet bitterly cold Thursday morning as an assortment of local politicians, Israeli officials and Upper East Side denizens gathered at the corner of East 67th and Third Avenue in Manhattan to witness the unveiling…
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In Gadi Mozes, the octogenarian freed from Gaza, Israelis see an icon of their country’s hardy ‘kibbutznik’ spirit
Thursday’s chaotic hostage release, which saw a crush of fighters push two captives through a restless crowd, shocked viewers and sparked a crisis in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.
It also left Israelis with at least one lasting…
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Hebrew Union College sells its Greenwich Village building to NYU for $75 million
This is a developing story.
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the Reform movement’s rabbinical seminary, will sell its downtown Manhattan building to New York University, it was announced on Thursday.
NYU —…
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‘Real chance’ hostages being freed by Hamas could be hurt or killed, lawyers say
There is a “real chance” that hostages being released by Hamas could be injured or killed just before they reach safety, lawyers for the families of British-linked hostages have warned.
The terror group freed eight hostages on Thursday…
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