ICE arrests Brad Lander, Jewish NYC comptroller running for mayor
The arrest came as Lander sought to protect an undocumented immigrant from the Trump administration's practice of courthouse arrests
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Why Jewish voters in New York should care about the comptroller race
Mark Levine highlights heritage and allyship, while Justin Brannan leans on aid track record as both vie to become NYC’s chief financial watchdog
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1,500 Birthright participants were stranded in Israel. Now they’re on a cruise to Cyprus as Iran-Israel conflict unfolds
With air travel completely halted in Israel amid the conflict with Iran, some tourists have turned to the sea for escape
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Maccabiah Games postponed to 2026, as Israel-Iran war disruptions start to pile up
More than 8,000 athletes from 55 countries had been expected in Tel Aviv
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At an Iranian Jewish hangout, retirees wonder if regime change is in the cards
Over backgammon and rummy, Iranian expats dream of Israel defeating the regime that drove them out of their homeland
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For Israelis under Iranian barrage, deadly nights alternate with days brimming with life
For this former Londoner, the booms from Iranian missiles are reminiscent of the Blitz
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Their counselors stuck in Israel, US Jewish camps are putting out ‘Help Wanted’ signs
For the hundreds of Israeli counselors who flock to U.S. Jewish camps in the summertime, travel cancellations are imperiling their plans
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Israeli weapons display is walled off at Paris Air Show, in move Israelis decry
“This outrageous and unprecedented decision reeks of policy-driven and commercial considerations,” said the Israeli Ministry of Defense in a statement
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Conservative flagship’s first woman chancellor, Shuly Rubin Schwartz, to step down in 2026
Schwartz, who has headed the Jewish Theological Seminary since 2020, says she never intended a “lengthy tenure"
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Leonard Lauder, who expanded his Jewish family’s business into a cosmetics empire, dies at 92
As CEO of the Estée Lauder Companies, he generated a fortune that supported his philanthropy in the arts and his brother Ronald’s support for Jewish causes
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Germany, Britain and France are harshly critical of Israel in Gaza but have its back with Iran. Why?
Alarm over nuclear weapons are Iran’s alliance with Russia play a role
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