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Jewish moderate Julie Menin claims victory as next City Council speaker
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Sarah Hurwitz, former Obama speechwriter, creates firestorm with remarks about Holocaust education
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251 hostages were taken to Gaza on Oct. 7. The bodies of these two remain there.
Hamas returned Dror Or to Israel on Tuesday
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Boston’s unfinished Holocaust museum hoists boxcar into exhibit space overlooking Boston Common
The railcar is believed to be the same type used by the Nazis to transport Jews to extermination camps
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Peter Beinart is speaking in Israel. Cue the criticism from both the left and the right.
Beinart defended his appearances, saying there is 'value in speaking to Israelis about Israel’s crimes'
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Remains of Dror Or, Kibbutz Be’eri father and cheesemaker killed on Oct. 7, returned to Israel
Two deceased hostages now remain in Gaza: Ran Gvili and Sudthisak Rinthalak
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Oct. 7 families’ lawsuit says Bitcoin CEO, whom Trump pardoned, facilitated $1B in payments to Hamas and its allies
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Rabbis and other Jewish New Yorkers join Mamdani’s 400-member mayoral transition committees
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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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