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Jewish expert on Egypt to join National Security Council as Middle East director
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Families of American hostages held in Gaza to attend Trump’s inauguration
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At least one synagogue destroyed as unprecedented wildfires rip through Los Angeles
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Massachusetts man arrested for antisemitic threats had Nazi flag, guns and ammo
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Trump again threatens ‘all hell will break out’ over hostages as envoy signals optimism on a deal
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What the election of Pierre Poilievre would mean for Canadian Jews and Israel
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Dept. of Education opens antisemitism investigation at Sarah Lawrence College, where Hillel alleged atmosphere of intimidation
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Israeli leaders threaten ‘war’ in the West Bank after terror attack
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