Rabbis and other Jewish New Yorkers join Mamdani’s 400-member mayoral transition committees
Several of the rabbis stumped for Mamdani or brokered appearances for him in Jewish communities
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Oct. 7 families’ lawsuit says Bitcoin CEO, whom Trump pardoned, facilitated $1B in payments to Hamas and its allies
Changpeng Zhao had pleaded guilty to failure to protect against money laundering
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Bipartisan bill in Congress would create ‘Jewish Refugee Day’
If approved, Nov. 30 would commemorate the expulsion of roughly 900,000 Jews from Arab countries after Israel’s founding
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Jewish groups at Penn sound alarm over federal lawsuit seeking information on Jewish employees
“Across history, the compelled cataloging of Jews has been a source of profound danger,” said a letter criticizing the lawsuit
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Local politician named Adolf Hitler Uunona poised for reelection in Namibia
In 2020, Uunona said he had “nothing to do” with the Nazi leader
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NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch apologizes for allowing ‘turmoil’ outside synagogue
Tisch apologized to congregants of Park East Synagogue, where a protest had taken place during an event organized by the nonprofit Nefesh B’Nefesh
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Eurovision announces new voting measures following allegations of Israeli interference
The new guidelines come as several European countries have said they may boycott the song contest if Israel is included
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In Denver, a Jewish day school happily copes with a surge in new students
The fallout from Oct. 7 intensified a trend that began during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Polish officials criticize Yad Vashem’s post on social media, days after US ambassador to Poland rejects Polish complicity as ‘grotesque falsehood’
Thomas Rose said the allegation that Poles helped the Nazis represented a 'blood libel'
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Trump says he and Mamdani ‘didn’t discuss’ NYC mayor-elect’s vow to arrest Netanyahu during congenial meeting
Trump laughingly gave Mamdani permission to call him a 'fascist' during a joint appearance at the White House
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Germany’s antisemitism czar says slogans like ‘From the river to the sea’ should be illegal
Felix Klein, who has held his position since 2018, says Oct. 7 changed everything
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