Joe Biden invites Benjamin Netanyahu to meet in US, after months of tension
No date has been set for the visit, which Netanyahu has been hoping for since the start of his latest stint as prime minister
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After getting cut from ‘American Ninja Warrior,’ Orthodox contestant celebrates NBC’s decision to release unaired footage
After a JTA article about the incident, NBC reversed course and shared footage of Michael Neuman’s run on the show with his foundation
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal walks back criticism of Israel as a ‘racist state’
The dust-up comes days before Israeli President Isaac Herzog is set to address a joint session of Congress, a speech that has already caused fissures among House Democrats
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Former head of Jewish security patrol in Brooklyn pleads guilty to sex crime involving a teenager
Jacob Daskal, former head of the Boro Park Shomrim, will be sentenced to between 14 and 17 years in prison under the terms of the deal
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Politics RFK Jr. said COVID-19 was targeted to spare ‘Ashkenazi Jews.’ One rabbi came to his defense.
Jewish groups condemned the remarks. But Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, in a YouTube video with Kennedy posted Saturday night, said the presidential candidate is misunderstood
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Netanyahu ousts Likud party activist for telling protesters he wishes ‘another 6 million would burn’
His comments, which were condemned by a wide range of senior Likud politicians, were a crude allusion to a perceived ethnic split in Israel between supporters and opponents of the judicial overhaul
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Swedish man abandons Torah-burning, saying it was a stunt: ‘We have to respect each other’
Israeli and Jewish leaders had decried the planned burning, which follows a Quran-burning in Stockholm earlier this month
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Benjamin Netanyahu rushed to hospital after fainting, office says he’s in good condition
Hospital sources say Netanyahu is conscious and is walking independently, after apparently suffering dehydration
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Right-wing trolls misidentified young Jewish man as government agent, leading to fears for his safety
A fight between two groups of right-wing extremists led to a conspiracy theory that ensnared a recent Jewish college grad
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Sweden grants permit to burn Torah outside Israeli embassy, drawing widespread criticism
Swedish officials say freedom-of-speech law includes the right to the demonstration as planned.
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The Jewish Sport Report: 18 Jewish players in the MLB is a likely — and fitting — record
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