Defense admits Blaze Bernstein’s ‘unlawful killing’ but denies premeditation on first day of long-awaited trial
Samuel Woodward, who allegedly murdered Bernstein in 2018, will testify in his own defense
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Yonkers City Council tables a ceasefire resolution that both pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel groups opposed
The resolution aimed to thread a narrow needle, calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war while also defending Israel’s right to exist
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Germany to give Holocaust survivors in Israel an extra $238 each because of the war
About half of the world’s remaining Holocaust survivors live in Israel
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NYC mayor says he ‘will not succumb’ to pressure to back ceasefire
'I stand up strong for people,' Eric Adams said at a City Hall roundtable
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Safe schools for Jews? Hillel revamps its college guide in response to campus turmoil
The Jewish campus organization has added new features to its college guide to help students understand 'how antisemitism manifests on campus'
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Amy Ettinger, who inspired readers with her life-affirming essays on dying, succumbs to cancer at 49
The Kveller contributor wrote that she planned to spend her last months “surrounded by the beauty of nature and my family and friends"
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Trial set to begin in Blaze Bernstein murder case dominated by questions of antisemitism and homophobia
Samuel Woodward, a former high school classmate with ties to a neo-Nazi group, has been awaiting trial for six years
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To protest Israel, 7 anti-Zionist Jewish artists pull out of California Jewish museum’s exhibit
The Contemporary Jewish Museum will have empty space where the works, which the artists were surprised to see accepted, would have gone
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Donations to Israel since Oct. 7 top $1.4 billion, Israeli government report concludes
Separately from the donations, the Israeli government has managed to borrow $1.7 billion through the sale of Israel bonds
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Guernica editor who published Israeli writer’s coexistence essay resigns, saying she disagreed with retraction
“The magazine stands by its retraction of the work; I do not,” Jina Moore wrote in a blog post a month after Joanna Chen’s essay first appeared
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‘Offer your compassion’: Rabbis fundraise for World Central Kitchen after fatal airstrike
In the wake of an Israeli airstrike that killed 7 aid workers, Rabbi Debra Orenstein wanted to do something to restore hope
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