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With an apology, Germany returns reparations to Holocaust survivor’s kin
A German official has apologized to the daughter of a Holocaust survivor for demanding she return 72.55 euros that the government had mistakenly paid out to her deceased mother after she died in January. And Germany will return the money — about $80 — to the daughter, who had written a check for the amount…
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Muslim leader’s warning about Hillel, ADL and other pro-Israel groups prompts backlash
A speech by a leader in the Council on American-Islamic Affairs — the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights group — drew a concerned response from some pro-Israel Jewish groups after she warned that Muslims who support Palestinian rights should not work with Jewish organizations that support Israel. Zahra Billoo, who heads CAIR’s San Francisco office,…
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Cops in LA County talked about gassing Jews, DA investigation finds
A government investigation that began after a pair of officers were charged with spray-painting a swastika inside a resident’s car has revealed that racist and antisemitic speech was rampant in the Torrance (Calif.) Police Department, according to a Los Angeles Times story published Wednesday. The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office, which reviewed thousands of text…
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4 Jewish takeaways from the new L.A. city council map
The Los Angeles City Council approved a new district map on Tuesday, finalizing the contours of the city’s 15 council districts for the next decade. The unanimous vote belied a contentious redistricting process that drew thousands of comments. Public meetings often lasted longer than six hours. At one point early in the process, a Los…
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Can a new word — ‘Zionophobia’ — clarify the debate over Israel?
Israel sits in the center of the roiling debate over what is and isn’t antisemitic. Top Jewish establishment leaders have twisted themselves into knots trying to explain precisely when and how criticism of Israel crosses the line into antisemitism. And even when they draw what seems to be a red line, there are caveats. Meanwhile,…
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Bloomberg: Partisanship blinds too many Jews to antisemitism within their own parties
At a fundraising dinner Monday, Michael Bloomberg criticized Jewish Americans for too often failing to call out antisemitism when it comes from political allies. “Partisanship can be blinding,” the former New York City mayor said in a speech at the UJA-Federation of New York’s annual Wall Street Dinner in Manhattan. “It blinds us to shameful…
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Bob Dole fought to free Soviet Jews
Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas, who died on Sunday at 98, had a complex record on Israel but a much more clear-cut one on Soviet Jews, whose cause he championed as a senator and Senate leader. “The freedom of enslaved people is America’s business, and freedom is a task we must apply,” Dole, a Republican…
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Books Obsessed about positive coverage, Trump worked on Abraham Accords while in hospital with COVID, new book claims
Former President Donald Trump worked on expanding the Abraham Accords from his hospital bed where he was being treated for a life-threatening case of COVID-19, hoping the positive news coming out of the Middle East would distract the country’s attention away from his illness, his former chief of staff reveals in a new memoir. “Still…
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“Ask great questions” and other core principles of journalism — and Judaism
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A USC student tweeted ‘kill every motherf——ing Zionist.’ Zionist faculty are unhappy with USC’s response.
A group of University of Southern California faculty members are demanding the school take action against a Palestinian student who posted several antisemitic tweets, including one saying she wanted “to kill every motherf——-g Zionist.” In an open letter addressed to the university president, provost, and board chairman published Dec. 1, the faculty said a lack…
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Karen Bass on Ilhan Omar, L.A. Jewry, homelessness, and her daughter’s memory
It was just before Thanksgiving when I sat down with Rep. Karen Bass to talk about her campaign for mayor of Los Angeles. The Homegirl Cafe where we met downtown was doing a brisk business in whole pies and turkey-shaped bread. “The holiday times are the worst for me,” she said. “I just wish I…
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