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South Carolina school district restricts Holocaust graphic novel for middle-graders, citing new state law
A school district in Columbia, South Carolina, will no longer use a graphic novel about local Holocaust survivors in its middle school curriculum, saying it violates new state guidelines governing which books are… Continue Reading
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Jewish voters favor Kamala Harris over Donald Trump 68% to 25%, poll shows
WASHINGTON — American Jews plan to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris by a wide margin, according to a new survey by a Jewish Democratic group. The survey also found that 87% of American Jewish voters support the Biden… Continue Reading
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Speaking to Jewish Republicans, parents of Omer Neutra say politicians are failing to bring the hostages home
LAS VEGAS — As the parents of Israeli hostage Omer Neutra took the stage at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual convention, the crowd rose to its feet, applauding and chanting “Bring them home.” Many in the crowd… Continue Reading
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Candace Owens criticized the Lubavitcher Rebbe. His fans quickly clapped back.
For decades the Chabad-Lubavitch movement has followed the teachings of its last spiritual leader, popularly known as “the Rebbe,” to bring Jewish practice and learning to every Jew across the globe through a sprawling… Continue Reading
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Justice Department says Russian disinformation campaign targeted Israel and US Jews
A Russian disinformation campaign targeted Israel and American Jews in a bid to weaken support for Ukraine, including by creating a fake version of a Jewish newspaper, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday. The sites… Continue Reading
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Shabbos Kestenbaum, high-profile critic of campus antisemitism, says he’s broken with Democratic Party and will vote for Trump
Shabbos Kestenbaum, a Jewish Harvard alumnus who is suing the school over its response to antisemitism, announced that he has broken with the Democratic Party and will be voting for Donald Trump. Kestenbaum made the declaration… Continue Reading
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Annual Republican Jewish gathering kicks off with party leaders calling for action against antisemitism
LAS VEGAS — The Republican Jewish Coalition kicked off its annual gathering by highlighting the messages it has long stressed in its pitch to Jewish voters: that the Republican Party and its standard bearer, Donald Trump, are… Continue Reading
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Biden says Netanyahu is not doing enough to release the hostages
WASHINGTON — Heading into a White House meeting to discuss how to proceed in the wake of Hamas’ murder of six Israeli hostages, President Joe Biden said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not doing enough to free… Continue Reading
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Israel is reeling from an unbearable tragedy. But does it change anything?
Minutes after the announcement that the bodies of six hostages had been found in the Gaza Strip, the main organization of hostage families announced that it would “stop” the country in protest. On Sunday night, tens of… Continue Reading
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Netanyahu apologizes for the first time to a hostage family, blames Hamas for captives’ deaths
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized for not freeing hostages as Israel woke up to the shattering news that Hamas terrorists murdered six captives who were on the verge of being rescued. Some of those killed had… Continue Reading