‘Hogwarts Legacy’ video game renews criticism of antisemitic tropes in Harry Potter franchise
The villainous goblin characters are bankers with hook noses and use instruments resembling shofars
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Trump maligns Jewish billionaire Soros in new fundraising emails
The GOP presidential frontrunner accused George Soros of aiming to ‘single-handedly buy’ President Joe Biden’s second term
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Stalwart of Antakya Jewish community confirmed dead in Turkey quake as search continues
An initial report said that Saul Cenudioglu’s body had been retrieved along with his wife’s but he has not yet been identified
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Bill to criminalize egalitarian prayer and immodest dress at the Western Wall is shelved after outcry
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the legislation 'will not be brought up at present.'
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Haredi Jews are more prone to nearsightedness. Scientists have an idea why
Researchers found that their religious test subjects almost literally kept their noses in books
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Man charged with making threats against Toulouse Jewish school that was site of 2012 shooting
In 2012, a gunman killed a rabbi and three students at Ozar Hatorah, in an attack that was often cited in depictions of the rise in antisemitism in France
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Jewish congressman introduces his colleagues to ‘real’ bagels at House Bagel Caucus meeting
Dozens lined up in halls of Congress for New York City bagels offered by Rep. Dan Goldman
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Barcelona mayor severs ties with twin city of Tel Aviv, citing Israeli ‘apartheid’
'More than 100 organizations and over 4,000 citizens have demanded that we defend the human rights of Palestinians and for this reason… I have suspended temporarily the institutional relationship between Barcelona and Tel Aviv,' Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau said Wednesday.
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Just elected: The only Jewish woman in Pennsylvania’s legislature
Abigail Salisbury said she has personally confronted antisemitism on the campaign trail and as a public official
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Michigan GOP candidate who was raised Jewish now says she’s a Messianic Jew
Lena Epstein, who is running for chair of the state GOP, said in a video that she has been 'baptized' and is now a 'Jewish Messianic believer of Christ'
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2 listen or not 2 listen? ADL chief launches new podcast with Nick Cannon
The pair describe '2 Hate or Not 2 Hate' as a place to navigate thorny issues like race, but it’s unclear if audiences are interested
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Music ‘No matter what, I will always be a Jew.’ Billy Joel opens up about his family’s Holocaust history
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Fast Forward Connie Francis, 20th-century star turned TikTok sensation, recorded an album of Jewish songs in 1960
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