Israel to shutter Ireland embassy, citing ‘antisemitic rhetoric of the Irish government’
The move illustrates how Israel’s new foreign minister is approaching ties with countries that criticize Israel
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New mayor of Florence, Italy, is the first woman and first Jew to lead the historic city
Sara Funaro has expressed support for Israel, talked about what led her to embrace Judaism as an adult and received police protection due to antisemitic attacks
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Newborn grandson of Trump’s Mideast envoy named after Trump
Don James Witkoff is the grandson of Steve Witkoff
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U of Michigan fires DEI official over purported antisemitic comments
The incident came as the university has faced questions about its ability to protect Jewish students and personnel
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Despite ceasefire, residents of northern Israel are wary of return, fearing another Oct. 7
Our reporter travels a region battered by 14 months of war and finds lasting damage of all kinds
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‘September 5’ focuses on news, not Jews, in dramatizing 1972 Munich attack on Israeli Olympians
Like Oct. 7, the Munich attack represented a watershed moment in the livestreaming of terrorism
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An Israeli cafe chain launched by and for Oct. 7 survivors is expanding to more cities
Cafe Otef features chocolates using a recipe from a murdered chocolatier and cheeses and honey from devastated kibbutzes
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What happened to relics of Syria’s Jewish history? Assad’s collapse spurs efforts to assess the damage.
Bombardment, looting and disuse have wreaked an uncertain toll on the country’s former synagogues and Jewish sites
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After anti-Israel protests roil NYU, its basketball game with Yeshiva University is closed to the general public
YU’s head coach calls it a ‘security decision’
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‘I want a long-lasting peace’: Trump talks about Israel in Time’s Person of the Year interview
President-elect Trump was named Time's Person of the Year for the second time
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How a Jewish teen’s description of New York City life in 1945 found a contemporary audience of millions
Charlotte Buchsbaum, a teen in 1945 New York, wrote about going to bar mitzvahs, celebrating Passover, and heading to Times Square to celebrate the U.S. victory over Japan.
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