Columbia must add Middle East faculty who ‘not explicitly anti-Zionist,’ antisemitism task force urges
The fourth and final task force report explores antisemitism in the classroom
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Ran Gvili, last remaining Israeli hostage in Gaza, featured on 2 Times Square digital billboards
Both the American Jewish Committee and Israeli government placed billboards calling attention to Gvili
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Helen Nash, kosher cookbook author and NYC philanthropist, dies at 89
In her three cookbooks, Nash redefined modern kosher cooking by incorporating global flavors
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ADL says bots can be tricked into antisemitism — if you feed them a really elaborate prompt
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![Rabbi Stephanie Ruskay said she views running for State Assembly as “an extension of [her] rabbinate.” (Courtesy)](https://forward.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Rabbi-Stephanie-Ruskay.jpg)
Meet the rabbi running for State Assembly on the Upper West Side
If she wins in 2026, Stephanie Ruskay would be the first female rabbi to hold elected state office in American history
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Hecklers urge Israel’s president to pardon Netanyahu at American Zionist Movement conference in NYC
Right-wing delegates confronted Isaac Herzog, who said he was invited to discuss the challenges facing Zionism in America
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Prominent rabbi and fierce Mamdani critic turns his criticism toward Jews and Israel
Elliot Cosgrove called for a “new chapter of American Zionism” at the convention of the American Zionist Movement
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Final assailant charged in 2021 antisemitic assault of Joey Borgen sentenced to 2 years in prison
The sentencing of Salem Seleiman, 30, brought the number of assailants sentenced for the assault to six
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Left-wing Argentine lawmakers pledge allegiance to ‘free Palestine’ in their oaths of office
A Jewish lawmaker has proposed legislation that would bar anyone who does not take the standard oath from being sworn in
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Politics Rep. Ilhan Omar says Stephen Miller’s comments on immigrants sound like how ‘Nazis described Jewish people’
The Minnesota congresswoman drew Holocaust-era parallels as President Donald Trump escalates attacks on Somali immigrants
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Frank Gehry, renowned architect who began life as Frank Goldberg, dies at 96
'My grandfather read Talmud to me,' Gehry said in a 2018 interview
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