Helena Weinrauch, Holocaust survivor and ‘dancing angel,’ dies at 100
The beloved New Yorker was known for her late-in-life passion for ballroom dancing, as well as for wearing the same hand-knit sweater at Passover every year
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Israel prepares to call up 450,000 soldiers amid mounting toll on reservists and their families
The escalation of Israel’s operations in Gaza has renewed turmoil in reservists’ lives — and resentment about haredi Orthodox Jews who avoid military service
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DSA condemns D.C. museum killings and distances itself from subgroup that posted ‘Free Elias Rodriguez’
Praise for the double killing outside a Jewish museum highlighted tensions over Israel
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Michigan man who threatened parents and preschoolers at a synagogue pleads guilty to weapons offense
Following the threats, Hassan Chokr attempted to buy firearms, saying he would use them for “God’s wrath"
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Pope Leo XIV calls for ceasefire in address: ‘The cries of parents rise to heaven’
“I renew my appeal to the leaders: cease fire, release all hostages, fully respect humanitarian law,” Leo said
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Italy’s right-wing government, Israel’s former prime minister join call for Israel to end war in Gaza
“The bombing must end,” the Italian foreign minister said
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‘Sarah, we will continue your mission’: DC Jewish museum shooting victim mourned at Kansas City funeral
Sarah Milgrim’s funeral took place in the same synagogue where she marked her bat mitzvah
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Ethnic studies compromise opens door to broader antisemitism legislation in California
Lawmakers from several racial and ethnic caucuses offered to help the effort against antisemitism in schools — as long as it didn’t single out ethnic studies
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Antisemitic podcaster Stew Peters barred from hotel hosting veterans’ reunion after backlash
The Holocaust denier was slated to speak to the USS Liberty Veterans Association in Norfolk
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Official who posted antisemitic rhetoric becomes Pentagon press secretary
Kingsley Wilson has repeatedly echoed the antisemitic “Great Replacement” theory on her X account, sparking backlash
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Trump administration to cancel remaining Harvard federal funding over antisemitism concerns
A letter from the government cites recent honors given to two students who were charged with assaulting a Jewish student after a protest in 2023
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