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The secret history and uncertain future of Students for Justice in Palestine
The group was founded as a voice of moderation — now it faces suspension and censure as it tests the bounds of student activism
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Politics Trump denies plagiarizing Hitler with ‘poisoning blood’ phrase: ‘I never read ‘Mein Kampf”
Trump’s critics say his claim that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country” echoes language Hitler used in “Mein Kampf"
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The new Jews of Porto: How the Portuguese city built a Jewish community from scratch
Over the past decade, a community of roughly 1,000 Jews has materialized in Porto, thanks to a law that since 2015 has allowed the return of people whose ancestors were expelled during the Portuguese Inquisition
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Politics Young voters prefer Palestinians — and Trump, new poll shows
48% of those ages 18 to 29 think Israel is intentionally killing civilians, and 55% oppose further US aid to the Jewish state
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In Central Park, runners race against time for Israeli hostages
Run For TheIr Lives of Manhattan strives to 'Bring Them Home Now' in a marathon of hope
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Controversy over letter from Jewish day school alumni saying they were fed ‘false narratives’ about Israel
While some grads of Maryland’s Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School condemn Israel’s war on Gaza, other alumni call the critics ‘self-hating Jews’
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Politics Israeli spies running for office? Missouri attorney general candidate adopts conspiracy theory, derails own campaign
‘They’re so far down the rabbit hole even the rabbits think they’re crazy'
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That 98-year-old man on drums at the White House Hanukkah party? A Holocaust survivor fulfilling a dream
President Joe Biden has a history of elevating Holocaust survivors
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As Israel fights Hamas, activists on the right are calling to rebuild settlements in Gaza
Politicians on the far right have long called for reestablishing Gush Katif, but the war has brought those demands squarely into the mainstream
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A leading Religious Zionist rabbi says Israelis have reconnected with Judaism after Oct. 7. He hopes it will stick.
Rabbi David Stav says Jewish Israelis who are not observant have been turning to their religion and marshaling it to create a sense of solidarity during the fighting
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Departure of Jerusalem Post’s top editor comes after years of turmoil at newspaper
Avi Mayer left the English-language Israeli newspaper this week, less than a year after he was appointed editor-in-chief despite scant experience in journalism
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