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Yeshiva University fans prepare to welcome back Ryan Turell for his first G League game in New York — right after Shabbat
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‘A Holocaust Memorial Day Macy’s sale’: Jewish faculty boycott James Madison University Holocaust event
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Santos posted offensive remark about the Holocaust and made jokes about Jewish stereotypes, according to new report
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In speech to EU parliament, Israel’s president says criticism is OK, but questioning Israel’s existence is not
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Jewish Congressman Adam Schiff will run for Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat
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Palestinian Authority halts security cooperation with Israel after Jenin raid kills at least 9
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Germany’s liberal rabbinical association expels rabbi at center of sweeping scandal
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Protest in NYC to support Israeli democracy criticized for being held on Shabbat
The demonstration against the Netanyahu administration is timed to coincide with protests in Israel
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