Meir Shalev and Yehonatan Geffen were Israeli cultural royalty. Their deaths leave a hole on the left.
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Shaming Biden and slashing budgets: Republicans and Democrats accuse each other of dissing Israel
Partisans maneuver over whether Republicans or Democrats better serve the U.S.-Israel relationship
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Israel responds to rockets fired from Gaza after death of Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike
Khader Adnan, who died Tuesday after three months of hunger-striking, is the first Palestinian to die by this form of protest
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Judy Blume is having a moment. Here’s why Jewish women love her work.
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Books In a first, Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature goes to Hebrew author and translator
"It was important to expand the reach of the prize, and concomitantly and consequentially the reach of these books," said the prize organization's director
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White House will release its plan to combat antisemitism later this month, senior officials say
Susan Rice, President Joe Biden's outgoing domestic policy adviser, addressed the ADL’s leadership summit in DC
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‘Stranger Things’ star Brett Gelman proposes to singer girlfriend Ari Dayan in Jerusalem
The couple, together since 2019, announced their engagement on Instagram
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Politics George Santos now has a Jewish challenger who fled Iran to escape persecution
Anna Kaplan, a former state senator, filed paperwork to challenge Santos in 2024
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Major address by ADL chief omits mention of Trump and followers among antisemitic threats
A speech by ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt barely mentioned what has since the 2016 election been the group’s focus, the threat from the far right
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South African Jewish journalist Jeremy Gordin murdered in home burglary at 70
Gordin had led Playboy South Africa and a tabloid popular among Black South Africans. He had encouraged his children to leave the country
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