Pulitzer Prize-winning Jewish author Geraldine Brooks awarded Library of Congress American fiction award
Brooks is the author of best-selling Jewish novels 'People of the Book' and 'The Secret Chord,' which explores the life of King David
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In a first for an Israeli leader, Netanyahu says he recognizes the Armenian genocide
Netanyahu’s declaration comes four years after U.S. President Joe Biden made the same move
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Minneapolis school shooting suspect had Tree of Life shooter’s name and antisemitic messages on his guns, videos show
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who is Jewish, said 'These kids were literally praying.'
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Historic synagogue vandalized in Chile with posters of Netanyahu with bullet hole on his head
Jewish leaders in Chile say the government, which is staunchly pro-Palestinian, has not taken antisemitism seriously
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Spotted in a Nazi’s daughter’s real estate ad: a painting looted from a famed Jewish art dealer
The painting was owned by Jacques Goudstikker, who died while fleeing the Nazis in 1940
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Transnistria’s Jews find themselves caught in a Soviet time warp as Ukraine war rages next door
The breakaway republic within Moldova is incredibly impoverished
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DNC blocks resolution calling for recognition of Palestinian statehood and halting arms sales to Israel
Another resolution calling for humanitarian aid to Gaza and an Israel-Hamas ceasefire was passed
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Democrats withdraw two-state resolution to avoid clash with progressives on Israel and Palestinians
The DNC decision comes amid growing influence of younger activists and progressives pushing a tougher line on Israel
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Philadelphia Jewish museum won’t rehang Israeli flag now after it was vandalized twice in a week
The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History joins a growing list of Jewish cultural sites targeted since Oct. 7
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Two congregations, two opinions as Torahs hit the floor at separate NYC services
The 'unthinkable' happens twice when sacred scrolls tumble from the ark
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At the Jewish Museum of Chicago, anti-Zionist Jewish artists explore identity and dissent
Seeing a lack of a distinctively Jewish contemporary arts hub in Chicago, Gabriel Chalfin-Piney-González set out to create their own
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