Americans for Peace Now becomes first US Zionist group to call for a ceasefire in Gaza
A sign that American Jewish groups’ broad support for Israel in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 invasion has fractured
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Arrests at Chabad’s iconic headquarters after students thwart attempt to fill secret tunnel
The tunnel’s purpose is unclear, as is the reason some Lubavitchers defied attempts to plug it
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A messy morning commute in NYC as pro-Palestinian protests shut down East River bridges and Holland Tunnel
The closures drew ire from commuters and some government officials
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‘Coaching fail,’ critics say of high school basketball game marred by antisemitism
How did the adults allow a game between a day school and public school to get so out of hand?
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Girls basketball coach fired at NY school where players shouted antisemitic slurs at Jewish opponents
A player from a Yonkers team has also been dismissed after a game in which a Leffell School player was reportedly called a “f—king Jew"
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Israel opens investigation after Palestinian toddler is killed during response to car-ramming attack
Sunday’s incident has come as Israelis have questioned their forces’ open-fire regulations in recent weeks
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How the watermelon wound up on Jennifer Garner’s daughter’s sweatshirt as a symbol of Palestinian nationalism
Watermelons are linked with Palestinian activism because their colors — red, black, white and green — match the colors of the Palestinian flag
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Dozens of Penn professors spent the week in Israel, following their university president’s antisemitism resignation
“I was truly surprised to see how much our visit meant to our Israeli colleagues,” a cinema and media studies professor said
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Police say fire at Toronto Jewish deli was likely a hate crime. A local rabbi is not surprised
Someone had scrawled ‘Free Palestine’ across the Toronto deli’s rear entrance
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Holocaust survivor who became a bat mitzvah at 91 dies in Buenos Aires
Eugenia Unger was a founding member of the Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires
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NYPD reports 31 antisemitic crimes in December, as Gaza war surge appears to subside
Total number of anti-Jewish incidents last month is higher than the year’s average, but far fewer than the 69 antisemitic crimes in October and 62 in November
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