Howard Kohr, longtime AIPAC director, announces retirement
Under Kohr’s leadership, AIPAC has traversed five presidencies, and the launch of political action committees aimed in part at stemming the rise of the Israel-critical left among Democrats
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New York Republican lawmakers unveil plan to combat antisemitism ahead of budget vote
‘We need the governor and the state legislature to lock arms with us and lead the way,’ says letter
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New York Jets star Sauce Gardner says his ‘intentions were positive’ when he said that Jews ‘run the world’
Gardner said he did not know that he was echoing a common antisemitic trope
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‘Schools are not doing enough’: California proposal would ban calling for genocide on campus
The bill is part of a raft of state legislation targeting a rise in antisemitism
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UC Santa Barbara, where Jewish student president was accused of supporting ‘genocide,’ is subject of new Title VI investigation
A Baltimore-area school district is also the subject of a new investigation this week
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What’s behind Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ‘firm’ support for Hamas?
Erdogan has engaged in several high-profile diplomatic spats with Israel since coming to power more than 20 years ago
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Modi, a comedian popular with Orthodox crowds, has a new special. He wants non-Jews to watch, too.
The title of the special, 'Know Your Audience,' is a reference to a principle the comedian has followed in his own career
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UK authorities investigating alleged mistreatment of Israeli Oct. 7 survivors by airport security
They said one security guard told them, “I don’t want you to do here what you do in Gaza"
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The abortion case argued Tuesday referenced the 19th-century Comstock Act. Goldman faced related charges for talking about contraception
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Steven Spielberg decries ‘machinery of extremism’ on campus and laments Israel-Hamas war deaths at USC ceremony honoring Holocaust survivors
'We can rage against the heinous acts committed by the terrorists of Oct. 7, and also decry the killing of innocent women and children in Gaza'
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Jews have always been prolific writers. Has AI wound up with too much of their work?
'What we are seeing is going to be bad for everyone. It just might be especially bad for Jews.'
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