U.N. envoy releases action plan for governments to combat global antisemitism
Ahmed Shaheed, the U.N. special rapporteur on freedom of religion, notes that attacks on Jews were committed “at record high levels in many countries” last year
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An interfaith coalition erased medical debts for over 2,000 people in the Chicago area, inspired by an ancient Jewish custom
The shmita, or sabbatical year, is a Jewish agricultural law during which the land is to be left fallow and debts are to be forgiven.
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New study: Young Americans view Israelis less favorably than older generation
The Pew Research Center study also shows little recognition of — or support for — the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement
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2 Jewish cemeteries vandalized in Germany amid reported rise in antisemitic crimes
Culprits smashed 16 headstones near Berlin and painted a swastika on the walls of a centuries-old graveyard in Hamburg.
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Zelenskyy to Kissinger: The world didn’t adapt to the Nazis, we’re not adapting to Putin
Zelenskyy brought up the Holocaust to slam Henry Kissinger, who said that Ukraine should stop looking to regain territory that Russia annexed in 2014.
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ADL, civil rights leaders say Tucker Carlson must be banned from mainstream social media platforms
"It is time for social media platforms to shut hate speech down," the Stop Hate for Profit coalition said in a statement
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Jews? Pagans? 2,100-year-old discovery in the Galilee reveals huge mystery
We don’t know who lived there, but the inhabitants in this farm in northern Israel seem to have grabbed their essentials and fled, leaving their home and farming gear unusually intact.
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Steven Dettelbach, nominee for ATF chief, highlights his Judaism at Senate hearing
Dettelbach vowed to stay above the political fray and focus on combating hate crime as head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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Supreme Court declines to hear 2 different attempts to stop longtime Ann Arbor synagogue protesters
Protesters have gathered weekly outside an Ann Arbor synagogue for nearly two decades holding anti-Israel and antisemitic signs.
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This private, on-demand ‘hot rabbi’ may soon star in her own reality TV show
Reese Witherspoon’s media company has taken interest in Rabbi Becky Eisenstadt’s peripatetic pulpit.
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AIPAC funds help Henry Cuellar, one of Congress’ most conservative Dems, cling to narrow lead in key Texas race
AIPAC’s PAC has poured millions into elections this year to shore up Israel-sympathetic Democrats, and the group is on a winning streak.
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