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Prominent NYC rabbi urges congregants to vote against Zohran Mamdani in Shabbat sermon
Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, who heads the Conservative Park Avenue Synagogue on the Upper East Side, decried the frontrunner
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Thousands of haredi Orthodox Jews protest Israeli military draft in New York City
The demonstration highlighted Israel’s contentious debate over haredi military service
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Arthur Waskow, activist rabbi who brought Jewish spiritual wisdom to bear on progressive politics, dies at 92
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The Republican Jewish Coalition condemned the texts and said those involved should 'step aside'
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Palestinian man who allegedly participated in Oct. 7 attack on Israel arrested in Louisiana
Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi gained entry to the United States last September after allegedly falsifying his U.S. visa application
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Far-right UK activist Tommy Robinson visits Israel on invite of Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli
Robinson’s visit drew condemnation from Britain’s largest Jewish group
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Susan Stamberg, iconic Jewish ‘founding mother’ of NPR, dies at 87
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BBC penalized after failing to identify narrator in Gaza documentary as son of Hamas minister
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Trump: ‘If Hamas continues to kill people … we will have no choice but to go in and kill them’
The U.S. president later clarified that he did not mean the United States would strike in Gaza
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At debate, Cuomo and Mamdani clash over Israel in pitch to Jewish voters
The democratic socialist frontrunner for NYC mayor touted his Jewish outreach and clarified his statements on the Middle East
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