Trump’s nominee to lead counterterrorism efforts has white nationalist ties
Joe Kent, a former CIA officer, has engaged with white supremacists and neo-Nazis
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Man who fired gun outside NY synagogue while shouting ‘Free Palestine’ pleads guilty to hate crime
The defendant faces seven to 20 years in prison as well as a fine of up to $750,000. He will be sentenced in federal court on June 6
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Trump administration opens antisemitism investigations at 5 universities, including Columbia and Berkeley
The Department of Education is joining at least two other federal departments, Justice and Health and Human Services, to form a new antisemitism task force under Trump
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South Carolina’s Holocaust council is divided after chair cuts rabbi’s ‘political’ remarks from Auschwitz memorial broadcast
The speech, cut from TV airings of the event, had sought to tie the Holocaust to refugee and LGBTQ issues
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For top State Dept. post, Trump taps staffer fired for attending white nationalist conference
The ADL has condemned appointing Darren Beattie, who invoked the antisemitic trope that George Soros orchestrated efforts to oust President Trump
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‘Israel is Ready’ for Saudi peace, blare billboards in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and DC
The signs appeared as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump
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Netanyahu heads to Washington for what Trump says are ‘very big meetings’
The future of the Gaza war ceasefire — and possibly Netanyahu’s coalition — potentially hangs in the balance
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Jewish House Democrats: Netanyahu will impede ceasefire for political purposes
GOP Rep. Mike Lawler said the U.S. will ‘make sure phase two occurs’
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A South Carolina rabbi’s Holocaust memorial speech was pulled from public TV for being too ‘political’
Rabbi Sam Rose had used his speech to inveigh against refugee, LGBTQ and book-ban policies
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Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas, Ofer Kalderon released from Gaza in smooth handovers
“He looks good!” Aviva Siegel said after glimpsing her husband, an American-Israel held by Hamas for 484 days
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‘I’m not waiting until they come to round us up’: Transgender Jews and their families search for safety as Trump takes aim at their rights
One transgender Jew described the situation as “like 1930s Germany all over again.”
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