Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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News Jewish US Army Major explains why he resigned over US support for Gaza war
Mann, whose grandparents fled antisemitism in Europe, said he had been disheartened by the high civilian death toll in Gaza
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Fast Forward German Holocaust reparations increase again this year, but plateau expected as survivors perish
The rising tally is driven by health care costs, not direct payments to survivors
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Fast Forward Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood rejects calls to cancel tour with Israeli musician Dudu Tassa
'Silencing Israeli artists for being born Jewish in Israel doesn’t seem like any way to reach an understanding between the two sides of this apparently endless conflict,' Greenwood wrote
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Fast Forward Netanyahu, facing pressure from right, says ‘gaps’ remain in proposal to end war announced by Biden
An estimated 150,000 Israelis rallied in favor of the deal on Saturday night, but ministers key to the government say they oppose it
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Fast Forward Maldives says it will ban Israelis from visiting over Israel’s war in Gaza
The Israeli government is advising Israelis already in the island nation to leave
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News Claudia Sheinbaum elected president of Mexico, breaking barriers as woman and Jew
Sheinbaum’s election makes Mexico by far the biggest country to have a Jewish head of state
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Fast Forward Jewish liberal Claudia Sheinbaum likely to win this week’s Mexican presidential election, polls show
If Claudia Sheinbaum wins Mexico would become the largest country by far to have a head of state with a Jewish background
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Fast Forward Harvard says it will no longer take stances on many issues, 8 months after stoking tensions with Israel-Gaza statements
“Harvard isn’t a government. It shouldn’t have a foreign policy or a domestic policy,” said the co-chair of a task force that recommended the policy
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