David Biale, scholar of Jewish thinkers and ideas on the margins, dies at 75
One of his best-known books was a history of Jewish attitudes about sexuality
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Pittsburgh Jewish community targeted with antisemitic graffiti
The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh and Chabad of Squirrel Hill were vandalized
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French police investigating death threats targeting Israeli Olympians
Members of Israel’s Olympic delegation had received messages prior to the Paris games saying “we intend to repeat the events of Munich 1972."
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Erdogan’s comments were especially notable because Turkey is part of NATO, the international alliance of Western nations
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moved up his return from the United States, and Israeli officials promised a heavy response to the attack
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Israeli military vows to stop flow of donations to soldiers, even from their parents
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The meeting was their first since Trump lashed out at the prime minister for congratulating Biden on his 2020 election victory
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The European Jewish Congress had denounced the mural, meant as a statement against the Gaza war, as “a gross distortion of history.”
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Archeologists uncover floor of the Great Synagogue of Vilna, destroyed by the Nazis and Soviets
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