Michael Lerner, influential rabbi-activist and founder of Tikkun magazine, dies at 81
A former ’60s radical, he made a home for Jewish progressives who felt shut out of the wider communal conversation
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Columbia antisemitism task force reports ‘crushing’ discrimination against Jewish and Israeli students
For the first time, the task force also spelled out its own definition of antisemitism
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FIFA is set to rule on a request to temporarily bar the Israel Football Association from international competition
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Sports Ami Dadaon wins Israel’s second Paralympics gold medal after setting new record in 100m freestyle
Dadaon won a gold medal and set the Paralympic record in an event in which he also owns the world record
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Temple University investigating pro-Palestinian march at campus Hillel
The demonstrations at Temple University are part of a resurgence in campus protests as students return to school
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What Kamala Harris said about Israel and the war in Gaza in her CNN interview with Tim Walz
“A deal is not only the right thing to do to end this war but will unlock so much of what must happen next,” Harris said.
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College students are already protesting — and getting arrested — over Israel this semester
None of the four people arrested at the University of Michigan were students
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Berlin Holocaust memorial vandalized with antisemitic graffiti
The 1943 protest commemorated by the monument was led by non-Jewish women, most of them married to Jewish men who were detained in a building that had formerly functioned as the Jewish Welfare Administration
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Asaf Yasur wins gold in taekwondo, Israel’s first Paris Paralympics medal
Yasur’s gold is Israel’s 385th total medal in the Games, dating back to the inaugural Summer Paralympics in 1960
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The NFL season is here — with no publicly Jewish players appearing in Week 1
Veterans Greg Joseph, Jake Curhan, Anthony Firkser and Michael Dunn could all return to action this season
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New School student senate blocks funding to clubs in an effort to demand ‘divestment’ from Israel
The Manhattan university’s administration says it will take responsibility for disbursing student funds to clubs, drawing further protests from campus activists
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