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Jewish newspaper expelled from South African press council for calling BDS cartoon antisemitic
The South African Jewish Report attempted to withdraw from the association but was told ‘you cannot do that’
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Yisroel Goldstein was sentenced to 14 months for fraud. He’s home after three.
Due to the pandemic, the ex-Chabad of Poway rabbi may end up serving the rest of his sentence at his hilltop mansion.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she feels a ‘special calling’ to protect Jews
‘It hurts me as a human being to know that there's someone out there who is vulnerable because of their own faith,’ said Hochul, who is running for a first full term as governor
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What can ‘Disney adults’ teach us about religion? A lot, according to this professor.
Jodi Eichler-Levine, who went viral for her Disney discourse on Twitter, talks about the parallels between Judaism and the most passionate fans of the Disney universe.
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Boston Jews say a pro-Palestinian group’s map of local ‘Zionist leaders and powerhouse NGOs’ is a guide to antisemitism
“This project plays directly into #antisemitic myths of Jewish power and control,” said the ADL.
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‘Trying to balance values’: Conservative movement’s new head rabbi on intermarriage, inclusion and Israel
The new Conservative leader will confront declining membership, evolving politics and ongoing antisemitism
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Conservative rabbis approve a new way to call nonbinary people up to Torah
A Rabbinical Assembly committee voted 24-0 to endorse language that does not invoke gender
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New York Gov. Hochul gives Unilever final warning before divesting over Ben & Jerry’s Israel boycott
Pro-Israel groups ask why the state hasn't acted on threat to punish Ben & Jerry's for refusing to sell in the West Bank
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Why are AIPAC and J Street endorsing the same candidates?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is just one of nearly 50 politicians endorsed by both groups
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He denounced antisemitism in Congress, then dropped dead
Remembering Rep. Michael Edelstein on the anniversary of the June 4 speech he gave just before the US entered WWII
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At 90, a rabbi revisits the work he did as part of underground clergy abortion network
Botched abortions, secret files in Hebrew, and a prison-inspired conversion to support women’s right to choose.
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