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Antisemitism Decoded
How an ‘all-American boy’ became a Mississippi synagogue arson suspect
There was little warning that Stephen Spencer Pittman, who police arrested for arson, was poised to strike Jackson’s lone synagogue
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How a Persian Jewish immigrant became the rodeo king of California
David Halimi runs rodeos, restaurants and a Western wear empire — while anchoring Jewish life in a small California town
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Fast Forward An activist criticized Miami Beach’s Jewish mayor on Facebook — then police came knocking
Mayor Steven Meiner has cracked down on what he views as inflammatory speech about Israel
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How the push to unionize at Breads Bakery became a debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Global politics have been injected into a discussion of labor grievances at Breads — not everyone is happy about it
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Black and Jewish people were allies once. Can they be again?
Initiatives are springing up across the country to bring together Blacks and Jews, including one from CNN commentator Van Jones
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Politics Why is AIPAC targeting Trump’s ICE funding?
The group’s super PAC is criticizing former Rep. Tom Malinowski for backing funding for ICE, reflecting a strategic shift amid Democratic anger at Trump and Israel
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Politics NYC’s first Jewish City Council leader could govern as a check on Mamdani. Here’s her plan to fight antisemitism
Julie Menin supports the creation of protest-free buffer zones around houses of worship
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The ADL’s turn away from civil rights was years in the making — Oct. 7 accelerated it
Some longtime supporters say the shift jeopardizes longstanding partnerships with other communities
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Jewish creators made a satirical cartoon. Then the Mississippi synagogue arson suspect shared it
The suspect shared a clip from the defunct Comedy Central cartoon 'Drawn Together'
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The Holocaust Torah that survived a Mississippi synagogue fire was brought there by the state’s only survivor
Gilbert Metz, the state’s only Holocaust survivor, brought the Torah to Beth Israel decades ago
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As protests grip Iran, fears grow for a Jewish New Yorker held prisoner there
Kamran Hekmati, a Iranian-American from Great Neck, is being held in Evin prison
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