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Because they are in a heightened risk category, Jews have extra reasons to undergo genetic testing and research their family history
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Newly elected GOP House Speaker once likened abortion to the Holocaust
Mike Johnson wrote in 2005 that the legalization of abortion was 'no different' than Hitler's killing of Jews
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Acclaimed non-Jewish filmmaker Steve McQueen is earning applause for a 4-hour Holocaust-themed documentary
'Occupied City' uses no historical footage, relying entirely on 35-millimeter film of Amsterdam shot during the COVID-19 pandemic to make an eerie point
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LA break-in investigated as hate crime after intruder allegedly tells Jewish family he wants to kill Jews
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2 Jewish House Democrats call for ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Gaza
'Israel’s war is against Hamas, not the Palestinian people,' said Reps. Jerry Nadler and Dan Goldman
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More than 2,700 health workers signed a pro-ceasefire letter that excised a call to free Israeli hostages
One Jewish signatory said he'd signed by accident because he had gotten too many petitions
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As campus tensions over Israel flare, White House decries ‘grotesque sentiments’ against Jewish students
The statement came a day after pro Palestinian protesters banged on the locked door of the Cooper Union library where Jewish students were sheltering
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Signs showing a Star of David in a trash can are suddenly everywhere. Hamas used the image 10 years ago
‘Keep the world clean’ memes have been used to promote anti-littering, anti-fascism and anti-communism. Now they’re anti-Zionist
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Popular kids video game Roblox has become gathering space for pro-Palestinian protests
An Israeli parent warned that their child had seen a possible reenactment of Hamas' attack in the game
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Student senate that declined to condemn Hamas doesn’t speak for us, say 2 statements at Brandeis
'Failure to denounce these atrocities without reservation is a moral stain," says one letter signed by more than 1,000 Brandeis affiliates in less than a day
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500 people attend ceremony for Argentine-Israeli Hamas victim
The somber religious gathering highlighted how Argentina’s sizable Jewish community has been deeply affected by the Oct. 7 attacks and their aftermath
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