Found in the conservative scrutiny of Florida’s math books: a joke about Jews
The joke, with the punchline “Because they’re worth it.” appears in a chapter on probability.
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Veteran Palestinian journalist shot and killed in Jenin while reporting on Israeli army operation
Israeli and Palestinian authorities disputed the circumstances of Shireen Abu Akleh’s death, each blaming the other for the shot that killed her.
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Lufthansa apologizes for expelling ‘large group’ of Hasidic Jews from flight to Hungary
The German airline issued a statement saying it has “zero tolerance” for antisemitism, racism or any kind of discrimination.
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Larry Summers and Alan Dershowitz join over 100 Harvard faculty and alumni in denouncing student paper’s Israel boycott endorsement
An open letter says the editorial was antisemitic.
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Brooklyn DA asked Cuomo to commute sentence for child molester in Hasidic community
The plea on behalf of Nachemya Weberman, who has only served nine years of a 50-year sentence, appears to be the only time District Attorney Eric Gonzalez intervened for someone convicted of a sex crime.
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Books Joshua Cohen’s satirical novel ‘The Netanyahus’ wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction
Cohen’s book satirizes a real-life visit to America by the future prime minister’s father.
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Passengers say Lufthansa threw all visible Jews off NYC-Budapest flight because some weren’t wearing masks
A Lufthansa airline supervisor said on video that it was “the Jewish people who were the mess, who made the problems.”
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Russian shelling damages Jewish cemetery in Ukraine where pogrom victims are buried
At least 105 of the hundreds of people buried at the graveyard in Hlukhiv died in a 1918 pogrom.
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After months of delays, Israel permits American basketball player to live in the country — but only temporarily
Jared Armstrong’s temporary residency comes just after Israel awarded citizenship to a prominent soccer player and a Russian oligarch.
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Michigan Republican who shared antisemitic posts and rape comments loses safe election seat
Robert Regan, who blamed Jews for feminism and 9/11, was called “possibly the worst candidate I’ve ever seen” by a Michigan GOP staffer.
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Major figure in German Jewry ensnared in harassment scandal at liberal rabbinical school
The leave came after a leading German newspaper reported allegations against Rabbi Walter Homolka and his husband, the spokesperson for Abraham Geiger College.
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