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Bjork supported the boycott move
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Alon Leichman becomes first Israeli head pitching coach in the MLB
Leichman, who was raised on Kibbutz Gezer, will coach for the Colorado Rockies
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Brad Lander launches run for Congress against pro-Israel Jewish incumbent Dan Goldman
The outgoing NYC Comptroller, who is Jewish, differentiated himself from Goldman saying he would not be “doing AIPAC’s bidding” if elected
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Bari Weiss names Tony Dokoupil, who defended Israel on-air in closely scrutinized interview, to top CBS News anchor job
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Ran Gvili, last remaining Israeli hostage in Gaza, featured on 2 Times Square digital billboards
Both the American Jewish Committee and Israeli government placed billboards calling attention to Gvili
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Columbia must add Middle East faculty who ‘not explicitly anti-Zionist,’ antisemitism task force urges
The fourth and final task force report explores antisemitism in the classroom
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Helen Nash, kosher cookbook author and NYC philanthropist, dies at 89
In her three cookbooks, Nash redefined modern kosher cooking by incorporating global flavors
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ADL says bots can be tricked into antisemitism — if you feed them a really elaborate prompt
To gauge how AI models respond to antisemitism and extremism, the ADL posed scenarios involving falling grandmothers and fictional 18th-century German authors
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Meet the rabbi running for State Assembly on the Upper West Side
If she wins in 2026, Stephanie Ruskay would be the first female rabbi to hold elected state office in American history
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Hecklers urge Israel’s president to pardon Netanyahu at American Zionist Movement conference in NYC
Right-wing delegates confronted Isaac Herzog, who said he was invited to discuss the challenges facing Zionism in America
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Prominent rabbi and fierce Mamdani critic turns his criticism toward Jews and Israel
Elliot Cosgrove called for a “new chapter of American Zionism” at the convention of the American Zionist Movement
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