? Israel said it rescued and evacuated more than 200 Israeli citizens and Jews on Thursday from a conflict region in Ethiopia where a militia is fighting government forces. (JTA)
? The Secure Community Network, which works with Jewish institutions across the U.S., sent a letter to Elon Musk, urging him to de-verify prevalent antisemitic accounts that incite violence. (Twitter)
⚖️ A man accused of tossing antisemitic flyers onto Palm Beach County properties in Florida earlier this year pleaded guilty this week to three criminal charges. He was sentenced to 12 months probation. (CBS 12)
?? Hundreds of American Jewish academics and other public figures, in two letters published in the past week, are calling for U.S. Jewish groups and President Joe Biden to draw a closer link between Israel’s judicial overhaul and its treatment of Palestinians. (JTA)
?? The U.S. secured a prisoner exchange deal with Iran that includes the release of five Americans and unfreezes $6 billion in Iranian assets. Mike Pence, a GOP presidential contender, assailed Biden for “the largest ransom payment” in history to the mullahs. (New York Times, Twitter)
⚽ The German Cup is an annual soccer competition started under the Nazis in 1935. This Sunday, a Jewish team founded by Holocaust survivors will take part. (AP)
Shiva call ➤ Robert Beren, an oil magnate, Republican donor and philanthropist to Jewish causes, died at 97.
Long weekend reads ➤ In Budapest, a “guerrilla-like” group is mobilizing against the alleged takeover of a historic synagogue … A German man is accused of posing as a Jew and peddling a fake, antisemitism-laced Holocaust story … The time Oppenheimer met Ben-Gurion to discuss Israel’s nuclear quest.