Javier Milei cites Hanukkah story, gives menorah to Zelenskyy during inauguration as Argentina’s president
“It is not by chance that this assumption takes place in the holiday of Hanukkah,” the populist leader said during his speech
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Man charged with hate crime in alleged robbery and assault on Jews in Beverly Hills on Shabbat
The suspect allegedly said, “Jew, give me your jewelry,” before fleeing
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University of Pennsylvania president resigns after widely-panned remarks about Jewish genocide
President Liz Magill had come under fire for what many deemed a callously legalistic response to a question about antisemitism
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UPenn trustees call emergency meeting as calls mount for president to resign over remarks about Jewish genocide
The trustees' emergency meeting Sunday comes on the heels of major donors' calls for Liz Magill's resignation
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Harvard president apologizes, Penn alum yanks $100M gift as congressional antisemitism hearing fallout continues
“When words amplify distress and pain, I don’t know how you could feel anything but regret," said Harvard President Claudine Gay
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US officials deny pressing Israel for a war ‘deadline,’ but differences between the two are emerging
Antony Blinken decried a 'gap' between what Israeli officials told him they would do, and what they are doing
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Rabbi David Wolpe resigns from Harvard antisemitism committee over president’s ‘painfully inadequate testimony’ on campus antisemitism
Wolpe, who is a visiting scholar at Harvard Divinity School, has built a reputation as one of the country’s most prominent rabbis and Jewish thinkers
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Two-thirds of Americans say Hamas holds ‘a lot’ of responsibility for the war
But American support for Biden’s position on the conflict remains low
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More than 500 staffers of Jewish groups, most of them progressive, appeal to Biden to press for cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war
Their letter is the latest sign that differences among American Jews regarding Israel’s response to Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 invasion are becoming more public and pronounced
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On the first night of Hanukkah, hundreds call for a cease-fire at a Manhattan menorah lighting
‘It doesn't look to me like anyone is getting safer or more secure with what is happening now,’ said City Comptroller Brad Lander
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First plans for Tree of Life memorial unveiled
The memorial to the 11 victims of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S history will feature elements honoring each life lost
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