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What to know as Columbia U president Nemat Shafik testifies to Congress about antisemitism on her campus
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A bill to create a national antisemitism coordinator is drawing rare bipartisan support in Congress
The main component of a new bill would create a national coordinator to counter antisemitism as a counterpart to the international antisemitism envoy.
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After a sleepless night, Israelis anxiously wonder ‘what happens next?’
Schools were closed on Sunday, and Tel Aviv’s light rail empty as the country awoke to its new reality
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‘I want to find Blaze as much as you do’: Call from Blaze Bernstein’s alleged murderer to distraught parents played at trial
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