Charlie Biton, co-founder of Israeli Black Panthers and first Israeli to meet Arafat, dies at 76
Biton was a member of parliament for 15 years, serving as a symbol of persistent Mizrahi claims against Israel’s Ashkenazi-dominated ruling class
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Father of lone soldier killed in Jerusalem stabbing attack running for Georgia state Senate
David Lubin was inspired to run against a Democratic incumbent who abstained from voting for an antisemitism bill
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Biden says Israel-Hamas ceasefire could happen within week
'My hope is by next Monday we’ll have a ceasefire,' the president told reporters while in New York
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Jewish frontman of heavy metal band Disturbed raises $29K for private security for Matisyahu after pro-Palestinian protests
The GoFundMe has already surpassed its goal of $25,000
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Holocaust education bill fails in Washington State after debate over Jewish refugees, genocide and the Gaza war
A Republican lawmaker feared the Democratic-led amendment would open the door to 'overlap the Holocaust with what’s happening in Gaza'
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ADL to honor Jared Kushner for Israel work, calling it ‘pivotal’ for hostage negotiations
The organization said Kushner’s diplomatic work laid the groundwork for current talks related to the Gaza war
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Teachers union halts campaign for LA school board candidate who promoted antisemitic book
Kahllid Al-Alim had posted in support of an antisemitic book published by the Nation of Islam
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Shelly Weiss, Brooklyn ‘queer icon’ and progressive Jewish activist, dies at 77
The 'first out lesbian in Park Slope' founded an agency that booked LGBTQ acts on college campuses
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Why did the co-chair of Harvard’s antisemitism task force resign?
More chaos as business school professor Raffaella Sadun abruptly quits committee after 5 weeks
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Jewish philanthropist donates $1 billion to Bronx med school, eliminating all future tuition
Dr. Ruth Gottesman’s donation will help Albert Einstein College of Medicine draw students and enable research, according to its dean
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U.S. airman dies after self-immolating outside Israeli embassy in protest of Israel-Hamas war
Bushnell filmed himself on Sunday afternoon walking toward the embassy, saying he 'will no longer be complicit in genocide'
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