‘Joe the Plumber,’ activist who said gun control doomed Europe’s Jews, dies at 49
Samuel Wurzelbacher became a Republican celebrity in 2008 after confronting former President Barack Obama about his economic policies
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First passenger flight from Saudi Arabia arrives in Israel after emergency landing
An Air Seychelles flight to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing on Monday in the the port city of Jeddah, where passengers spent the night
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Libyan foreign minister is fired and flees to Turkey after meeting her Israeli counterpart
The countries’ chief diplomats had never met
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NY congregation can evict tenants of historic Touro Synagogue, Rhode Island judge rules
The ruling is a major development in a legal saga that has stretched for more than a decade
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Swastikas drawn on gun used in racist Jacksonville shooting
The suspect killed three Black victims in a racially motivated shooting at a Dollar General store
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State Dept. condemns far-right Israeli minister for saying his right to travel is ‘more important than Arabs’ freedom of movement’
Itamar Ben-Gvir defended his remarks that Jewish rights trump Arab ones in “Judea and Samaria"
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Tennessee court rules couple has the right to sue state after foster care agency denied them services because they are Jewish
The decision reverses a previous court's opinion that dismissed the couple’s claims on technical grounds
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California Jewish groups, on guard against antisemitism, welcome state’s support for ethnic studies classes that avoid ‘bigotry’
Critics said early drafts of a mandated ethnic studies course excluded Jewish experiences and included anti-Israel content
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The Jewish Sport Report: How a Jewish lawyer became baseball’s favorite ‘Pitching Ninja’
An Israeli soccer star heads to Germany, Jewish newlyweds celebrate at Yankee Stadium and more in this week's Jewish Sport Report
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‘Golda’ focuses on a few grim weeks in the life of Israel’s first female prime minister. A biographer wants you to see the bigger picture.
For Meir’s defenders, her legacy has often been obscured by misogyny and condescension
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Holocaust gravesites identified in Latvia and Netherlands using contemporary technology
The grave in Latvia was located using technology created by American researchers
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