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Former Democratic candidate Marianne Williamson endorses Bernie Sanders

Williamson also endorsed Sanders in his 2016 run and believes he can beat Donald Trump in November.

Auschwitz Museum objects to ‘Hunters’ over invented Nazi atrocities

The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum has accused Amazon’s Nazi revenge series “Hunters” of recklessly inventing a Holocaust atrocity.

After White House lobbying, ICE agrees not to deport fraudster Israeli rabbi

It’s rare for ICE to agree not to deport immigrant criminals. But the agency made an exception after Orthodox groups lobbied the White House.

Bloomberg office vandalized, campaign blames Sanders’ ‘Trump-like rhetoric’

Bloomberg campaign offices have been defaced with the word “oligarch,” which means a supporter of government by the few.

Harvey Weinstein convicted on rape and sexual assault charges

The disgraced Jewish film producer was acquitted on more serious charges, including two counts of sexual predatory assault.

In third round of Israeli vote, Netanyahu and Gantz must expand electorate

With the prospect of yet a fourth balloting on the horizon, an unprecedented conversation has emerged about a ‘Jewish majority’ government.

Expressing concern about ‘bigotry,’ Bernie Sanders says he’ll skip AIPAC

The conference overlaps with Super Tuesday, when 14 states hold primaries. Most Democratic presidential candidates are not going.

Belgian prime minister says Jewish caricatures at carnival ‘damage’ the country

”These actions damage our values and the reputation of our country,” Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes said.

Quentin Tarantino and Israeli wife Daniella Pick welcome baby boy in Tel Aviv

The baby, the couple’s first, was born on Saturday afternoon and will be an Israeli citizen.

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TruNews, the website that touted ‘Jew Coup,’ permanently banned from YouTube

The website’s programs and podcasts also will continue to appear Facebook and Twitter.

Nebraska man arrested for vandalizing local synagogue

Noah Miller was arrested Friday night on suspicion of having painted swastikas on the door of South Street Temple in Lincoln last month.

Belgian parade features costumes of haredi Jews with insect bodies

Other participants at the Aalst Carnival wore fake hooked noses and waved a sign saying “don’t tell the truth about Jews.”

Bernie Sanders wins decisive victory in Nevada caucuses

The victory in a racially diverse state makes Sanders the undisputed front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination.

My Jewish day school taught me that we are part of the American story

It was my Jewish day school education that taught me not to mistake flag waving patriotic pageantry for true lived expressions of the American idea.

The wonderful, horrible afterlife of Leni Riefenstahl

Riefenstahl crafted an autobiographical mythology that obscured her participation in the Third Reich and framed her as a persecuted genius.

The ‘bagelrito’ has taken cross-cultural food experiments too far

This is the Frankenstein of bagels.

A cult Israeli rock opera seeks cult movie success

It’s no surprise that Israel has a peacenik rock opera, but you may be bewildered by what it has to say.

Why do people keep saying that Bernie Sanders isn’t ‘really’ Jewish?

A whisper campaign has criticized the senator for his stances on Israel - and also for intermarrying and not belonging to a synagogue.