A Ben & Jerry’s battle over Israel, long frozen, thaws anew amid Gaza war
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Trump taps RFK Jr., whose anti-vaccine activism has included antisemitic comments, to lead Dept. of Health and Human Services
Kennedy has claimed that COVID was “ethnically targeted” to avoid Ashkenazi Jews, and has compared vaccine mandates to the Holocaust
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Fearing Amsterdam-style violence, Paris police deploy en masse to France-Israel soccer match
Though Israel warned its citizens not to attend the game, 150 supporters of the national team will attend under police guard
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Close to 90 congressional Democrats urge Biden to sanction Israeli ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir
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U of Michigan student president impeached after calling critics ‘Zionists’
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Former NY Jewish Week staffer Miriam Reinharth, 69, dies after being hit by ambulance on Upper West Side
A communications professional, she organized public events for the paper from 2007-2012
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Israel’s proposed wartime budget would slash benefits for new immigrants
Some see the proposed cuts as a significant test of Israel’s commitment to encouraging Jewish immigration at a precarious time for world Jewry
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‘Wanted’ posters at U of Rochester target Hillel director, Netanyahu’s brother and others with ‘ties’ to Israel
The university president and Sen. Chuck Schumer called the posters antisemitic
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Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco will close for a year, citing financial woes
The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco will close for at least a year, citing financial problems and declining attendance
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Politics Trump AG nominee Matt Gaetz has left a trail of antisemitic comments
Gaetz voted against the Antisemitism Awareness Act because it rejected the Christian ‘gospel’ that Jews killed Jesus
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US takes no action as deadline passes for Israel to meet Gaza’s humanitarian needs
In October, the Biden administration gave Israel 30 days to increase aid or risk cuts to military assistance
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