Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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Fast Forward Trump guts Department of Education, slashing office handling antisemitism complaints
Dismantling the department has long been a Republican ambition
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Fast Forward A bagel shop backed out of a Jewish food festival over Israel. Then regret set in.
Isaac’s Bagels in Durham, North Carolina, was the epicenter of a dramatic series of events ending with reconciliation
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Fast Forward ‘Darkness will fade,’ Yuval Raphael sings in Israel’s Eurovision entry, ‘New Day Will Rise’
The song contains a line from Jewish scripture
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Fast Forward Trump administration reportedly to use AI to find Hamas-supporting foreign students to deport
The plan is called “Catch and Deport” and involves searching international students’ social media accounts
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Fast Forward Israeli officials are criticizing Oscar-winner “No Other Land.” So are Palestinian activists.
the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel announced it opposes the film on “anti-normalization” grounds
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Fast Forward ‘We’ll get them out,’ Trump tells 7 released Israeli hostages in Oval Office meeting
“We believe that you have been sent by God to release them,” Omer Shem Tov told Trump
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Fast Forward These are the 59 Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza
At least 35 are dead. But signs of life for many others have been received in recent weeks
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Fast Forward US is holding unprecedented direct talks with Hamas over ending Gaza war
Previously, the United States has negotiated only through intermediaries with Hamas, which it considers a terrorist group
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