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A Chabad spokesman said there are more public menorahs this year than ever before, and attributed the increase to the Israel-Hamas war
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7 men, some members of Hamas, are arrested as European police foil plots against Jews
German officials described the suspects as “longstanding members of Hamas" who "have participated in Hamas operations abroad”
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IDF says it is disciplining soldiers who broadcast Jewish prayers from West Bank mosque
The chief Sephardi rabbi of Israel also weighed in against the incident
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