Harry Belafonte, singer and civil rights activist who popularized ‘Hava Nagila’ in the US, dies at 96
The New York native, who was close friends with Martin Luther King Jr., had many Jewish connections
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Tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews flood tiny Hungarian town for ‘miracle rabbi’ pilgrimage
'The sudden influx in the last decade of so many foreign Jews has been a culture shock for some locals,' said the mayor of the town called Kerestir in Yiddish.
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Frankfurt can’t cancel Roger Waters concert over his antisemitism record, court rules
The Frankfurt court ruled that Rogers 'did not glorify or relativise the crimes of the Nazis or identify with Nazi racist ideology' in past concerts.
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Citing ‘outpouring of interest,’ Yeshiva U restores women’s Talmud classes whose cancelation incited an uproar
After a student-led petition collected more than 1,400 signatures, the administration at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women has added Talmud classes back to the course schedule
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Politics As Biden announces reelection bid, Republican Jewish Coalition calls him complicit in rising antisemitism
Just as swiftly, other Jewish leaders called out the attack against the president as hypocritical
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Tensions mark Memorial Day ceremonies in Israel as Netanyahu urges unity
Yom Hazikaron is treated with solemnity and reverence in Israel, but this year included departures
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Sofia Richie, Lionel Richie’s daughter, marries Jewish music executive after converting to Judaism
A British rabbi performed the wedding in the south of France
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Lee Zeldin, ex-congressman on Republican Jewish Coalition board, endorses Trump for president
Zeldin was an avid defender of Trump while in Congress but distanced himself during his failed bid for New York governor
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Women’s Talmud classes are back on at Yeshiva University after uproar over cancellation
A petition asked the Modern Orthodox university not to curtail lessons for women in one of Judaism’s most fundamental texts
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First antisemitism report conducted with the Polish Jewish community shows how ‘Jew’ is used to discredit enemies
A Jewish association counted 488 antisemitic incidents in Poland in 2022, a number that the report’s author said just scratches the surface
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ADL cheers Tucker Carlson’s ouster at Fox News, where he had long embraced white nationalist rhetoric
One report claims that Carlson’s ouster stems from a lawsuit from a Jewish former producer on his show, who alleges that senior staff fostered an office culture full of sexism and antisemitism
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