Herb Kohl, former U.S. senator and Milwaukee Bucks owner, dies at 88
The son of immigrants, whose family founded the Kohl's department stores, loved his hometown so much he bought its basketball team to keep it there.
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Shenna Bellows, who blocked Trump from Maine’s primary ballot, used to run the state’s Holocaust center
In her decision, Maine’s first woman secretary of state echoed her own words about her work at the Holocaust center: that she was primarily concerned with protecting democracy
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Controversy over Buffalo News cartoon using Star of David to criticize Israel
Newspaper’s editorial board reports massive reader response to image labeled ‘antisemitic’ by Jewish leaders
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American Jewish University finds new buyer for its campus: The Jewish school next door
A happy ending for community leaders who hoped property would stay in Jewish hands
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Feds to probe University of North Carolina’s response to harsh anti-Israel speech
George Mason University and Newark Public Schools are also targets of investigations by the Department of Education
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Jewish groups object to GOP’s treatment of Muslim candidate for Court of Appeals seat
The American Jewish Committee called on the Senate to disregard the “untoward implications” in questions about Israel, terrorism and antisemitism
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Leader of Lebanon’s tiny Jewish community dies at 80
Isaac Arazi oversaw the restoration of Beirut’s Magen Avraham synagogue.
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US court sentences white supremacist who threatened Pittsburgh jurors, witnesses to 6 years
A serial hate-monger acknowledged that he targeted people because they were Jewish.
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Destroy Hamas, deradicalize the Palestinians: Netanyahu lays out preconditions for peace in Wall Street Journal op-ed
Israeli prime minister demanded demilitarization of Gaza, said Palestinian Authority should not be involved in rebuilding, as Israel pressed its military campaign amid mounting international pressure
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Group opposing war in Gaza cancels Holocaust museum event after critics call it antisemitic
Organizers say their motives for gathering planned in Washington were misconstrued
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Ruth Seymour, public radio pioneer devoted to Jewish culture, dies at 88
The Bronx-born broadcasting executive grew L.A.’s KCRW into a public radio powerhouse
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