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The first Jewish woman to win a NYC mayoral primary has a message for voters about Mamdani
Ruth Messinger praised the Democratic nominee’s focus on affordability and immigrant protections
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His grandfather’s Holocaust stories didn’t add up — so he set out to tell the fact-checked version
In 'Stolen Headstones,' Ari Schneider writes the official account of his family’s Holocaust story
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Antisemitism Decoded A Florida college student said ‘F— Israel.’ Now she’s under federal investigation
Eden Deckerhoff confronted a student wearing an IDF shirt, and quickly found herself at the center of a political firestorm
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Fast Forward What does the Star of David represent? A new ruling offers a legal answer
Judge Trevor McFadden argued targeting the Star of David is ‘as racially motivated' as the n-word
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‘You can’t fake it’: Why images of starving children in Gaza are so difficult to dismiss
Photojournalist Lynsey Addario has seen how powerful images can ‘move the dial’
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Antisemitism Decoded How Trump is banning DEI at universities — except for Jews
The Trump administration's ban on DEI at universities has one big exception: Jewish students get special support.
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Fast Forward Trump fired a commissioner over bad jobs numbers. Nixon targeted a ‘Jewish cabal’ at the same agency
White House personnel chief Fred Malek later apologized for tallying Jewish staffers at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Trump tapped him in 2017 to lead a prestigious think tank.
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In a first, Orthodox rabbinical school ordains an out gay rabbi
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, flagship of progressive Orthodox Judaism, plotted a new course after controversial 2019 decision
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That whites-only, no Jews allowed Arkansas community is legal, says state’s attorney general. How?
‘Return to the Land’ bans non-whites and Jews from becoming members
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Fast Forward A young Jewish organizer takes on Jerry Nadler in a generational challenge
Liam Elkind, co-founder of a pandemic-era nonprofit, runs on generational change, grassroots values and a pro-Israel message
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Antisemitism Decoded Columbia’s settlement won’t solve its campus crisis. Here’s what could.
Many of the negative experiences that Jewish students are having fall outside the bounds of lawsuits or legal settlements
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Opinion The hostages are home. The fight for their future is far from over
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Fast Forward Israelis are comparing Trump to Cyrus the Great – again
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