Man pleads guilty to hate crime in 2021 arson that damaged Austin, Texas, synagogue
The board of Congregation Beth Israel endorsed the plea deal before it was confirmed, saying that trial would be traumatic
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Yad Vashem denounces Poland’s demanded additions to Israeli student trips as ‘inappropriate’
As part of an agreement to resume Israeli student trips to Holocaust sites, Poland stipulated that the students also visit sites of 'other crimes of World War II'
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Benjamin Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor of Nazis at Nuremberg, dies at 103
Ferencz was 27 and a graduate of Harvard Law School when he was named as the chief prosecutor at the Einsatzgruppen Trial, in which 20 members of the SS’s mobile death squads were convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity
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One killed, 7 wounded in Tel Aviv terror attack, suspect shot dead
The attack comes hours after two Israeli sisters were killed in a West Bank shooting attack that also left their mother critically wounded
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2 Israeli sisters, ages 16 and 20, killed in West Bank shooting
The attack comes on the heels of rocket attacks from Jordan and Gaza, and Israeli counterstrikes
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A group of Israeli emissaries toured a Palestinian museum in DC, and came away with questions
Emissaries trained to celebrate Israel’s existence examine exhibits that mourn the circumstances of its founding
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Israeli air strikes hit Gaza and Lebanon in retaliation for rocket attacks
'Israel’s response, tonight and in the future, will exact a heavy price,' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said before the airstrikes.
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Thousands at Washington pro-Palestinian protest, with some chanting ‘Intifada’ and rushing White House fence
The protest, which began at 2 p.m. on Saturday and lasted into the evening, called for a ceasefire in the fighting between Israel and Hamas, a demand Israel and the Biden administration have rejected
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Now translated into 49 Jewish languages: the Jewish spring ritual of counting the Omer
The counting, which takes place between the second night of Passover and the festival of Shavuot, can now be done in Judeo-Catalan and other historical Jewish vernaculars
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Kanye off Forbes’ billionaires list after antisemitism cost him brand deals
The rapper lost an Adidas sponsorship valued at $1.5 billion after praising Hitler in podcast interviews
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Rocket barrage from Lebanon into northern Israel escalates tensions after Temple Mount clash
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to convene his security cabinet to consider the escalation
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