World Jewish Congress head Ron Lauder threatens to pull University of Pennsylvania funding, citing antisemitism
Lauder says timing of controversial Palestinian literary event held at Penn a week before Hamas attacks 'couldn't have been worse'
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At one New Jersey Jewish school, four families mourn relatives killed in Israel
For faculty and parents in North American day schools, the violence in Israel is a family affair
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‘We will continue to have Israel’s back,’ Biden tells Israel’s war cabinet in unprecedented visit
The U.S. president called Hamas' surprise attack "beyond belief"
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Chicago rabbis attend funeral of Palestinian-American child killed in alleged Islamophobic hate crime
On Tuesday, a broad coalition of Jewish organizations made a statement calling the reported murder “despicable” and speaking out against anti-Muslim hate
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‘Hamas will be washed away’: Top congressional leaders pledge support for Israel
The top-level turnout was a testament the degree to which the pro-Israel community has galvanized the political class since Hamas invaded Israel
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Fatal explosion in Gaza hospital result of failed launch by Islamic Jihad, IDF says
U.S. President Joe Biden said the blast was apparently cause by Israel's foes
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Portugal moves to end Sephardic Jewish citizenship law
Portugal’s justice minister said it was a “symbolic gesture intended to mark a recognition that has been fulfilled through a generous time window"
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Popular German author says Orthodox Jews don’t work except for ‘diamond trading’ and ‘financial transactions’
Richard David Precht apologized for the comment made on his podcast, one of the most popular in Germany
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To support Israel, they’re saying nothing at all
A commitment to not talk during prayer services — for months — has more than 1,000 signups in just five days
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Disney, Fox, Bloomberg, Chanel among corporations and philanthropies supporting humanitarian aid in Israel
Critics pushed back: ‘Cancel your Disney subscriptions,’ wrote one. Another mocked Chanel for its founder's Nazi sympathies
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NYC mayor ‘speaks’ to constituents in Yiddish — and a host of other languages he does not know
New Yorkers have received robocalls in Yiddish that use Mayor Eric Adams’ voice — transformed by AI
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