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The outcome represents a dramatic victory for the state’s Hasidic leaders, who oppose government intervention in yeshiva education
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Federal security grants to synagogues are resuming after two-month Trump freeze
Nearly 80 members of Congress from both parties signed a letter urging the Trump administration to free the funds
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Margot Friedlander, German Holocaust survivor who landed a Vogue cover, dies at 103
Friedlander’s last public appearance came less than two days before her death
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Betar ‘almost exclusively triggered’ former student’s detention, judge says
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Yeshiva University rescinds approval for LGBTQ+ student club
The club has vowed to keep operating
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Rumeysa Ozturk ordered free on bail, after judge says op-ed criticizing Israel is insufficient to justify detention
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Police clash with pro-Palestinian protesters in Brooklyn as Columbia library takeover fallout continues
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Trump’s new pick for surgeon general blames the Nazis for pesticides on our food
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Jewish feud over Trump escalates with open letter in The New York Times
Dozens of former leaders say the organizations they once led are being ‘far too silent’
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First American pope, Leo XIV, studied under a leader in Jewish-Catholic relations
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