World Zionist Congress election results: Surge in US turnout, Reform slate wins most support
The second-highest vote-getter was a new Orthodox slate focused on young adults.
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Pittsburgh Transit has a new pickle-themed ‘rider etiquette’ campaign. Is it Jewish?
An anthropomorphic pickle reminds riders to ‘keep it kosher’
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Trump’s new travel ban will block ‘those in need of real refuge,’ American Jewish Committee says
Jewish groups played a leading role in protesting a similar ban in 2017.
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Zohran Mamdani once said mayoral candidates should pledge to boycott Israel. Now that he’s running, he’s not so forthcoming.
Resurfaced 2020 video shows Mamdani urging progressives to embrace BDS, press local officials on boycotts
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Run for Their Lives, the Israeli hostage solidarity movement, presses on after Colorado firebombing
After initially calling for a pause to these events, the group is telling its local chapters to decide for themselves whether to proceed and to consider taking extra precautions if they do.
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IDF recovers remains of Gadi and Judith Weinstein Haggai, American-Israelis killed on Oct. 7
The couple was on their morning walk on Kibbutz Nir Oz when terrorists attacked
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‘I’m a Zionist,’ rapper Azealia Banks declares in latest tweet spree
“No black person should be supporting Palestine,” wrote Banks in one of over 45 posts on the subjects this week
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Gaza aid distribution effort revamped amid chaos, killings and confusion
The killings have also sparked a debate over media coverage of the aid centers
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Boulder’s ‘very shocked and very traumatized’ Jewish community takes stock of its losses, and its strength
“There’s a sense of betrayal,” said Rabbi Marc Soloway, who had six congregants injured in Sunday’s attack on Jews rallying for the Israeli hostages in Gaza
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Democrats vying for NYC mayor show rare unity against Trump crackdown on universities
At least four of the candidates including Andrew Cuomo said their first overseas trip as mayor would be to Israel while Zohran Mamdani said he would not visit
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After Boulder attack, Trump revives Muslim travel ban with targeted changes
Will Scharf, the White House staff secretary, told Jewish leaders the order is being tailored in response to the Egyptian-born suspect charged in the firebombing of Jewish marchers
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