A 21-year-old woman has appeared in court accused of expressing support for Hamas and “celebrating” the 7 October massacre in Israel.
Sarah Cotte, from Camden in north London, is alleged to have delivered a speech at the University of…
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Rabbi Eliyahu Fink, compassionate voice in the Orthodox world, dies in road accident at 43
Rabbi Eliyahu Fink, a prominent and empathetic voice on contemporary issues facing Jews in the Orthodox world, died early Friday morning in a car accident on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey. He was 43.
Fink, a married…
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Jeffrey Klein, 77, Mother Jones co-founder, saw ‘through line’ between investigative journalism and fighting antisemitism
When Jeffrey Klein traveled to the Soviet Union to report a long feature on Jewish refuseniks, his first stop was a sparsely attended synagogue in Moscow. Before he left, he wanted to make a donation.
“I ask in Yiddish, then…
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From the far left to the haredi right, these Jews are questioning the ethics of voting for the World Zionist Congress
After running as a candidate last time, Abraham Silberstein will not even be voting in this year’s election for the World Zionist Congress.
In 2020, Silberstein had joined a liberal slate from the United States vying for…
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Pete Hegseth wanted to strike Houthis before Israel could, according to texts leaked to the Atlantic
In a shocking report published Monday, Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, revealed that he was accidentally added to a group chat in which very senior government officials planned a strike on the Houthi terror…
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List of Jewish leaders boycotting Chikli’s antisemitism conference is growing
At the center of the controversy is a group of far-right European politicians scheduled to speak at the event, set for March 26–27 in Jerusalem. Critics argue that offering these figures a platform lends legitimacy to populist parties with…Continue Reading
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UK government has no plans to change current level of arms exports to Israel
The UK government has no plans to make any change to the number of current arms exports to Israel, Defence Secretary John Healey has confirmed.
Pressedby the anti-Israel MP Kim Johnson to “end all arms sales to Israel”, the minister…
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Max Frankel, Jewish New York Times executive editor who fled the Nazis, dies at 94
Max Frankel, the former executive editor of The New York Times who fled the Nazis as a child, died at 94.
Frankel died Sunday at his Manhattan home, according to an obituary in the Times.
Frankel began working at the Times at…
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Masked man vandalizes London synagogue, kosher restaurant in suspected hate crime
A masked man tore mezuzahs from the entrance of a kosher restaurant and a Chabad synagogue in London early Saturday in what authorities are investigating as an antisemitic hate crime.The suspect, wearing a hoodie and with his face covered, was…
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These Chicago teens joined a Jewish community response to the mental health crisis
This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives.
Social media challenges, the spread of…
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