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Politics At confirmation hearing, RFK Jr. denies promoting antisemitic COVID-19 conspiracy theory
Kennedy was condemned by major Jewish groups for saying the coronavirus was 'ethnically targeted' to spare Ashkenazi Jews
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News Why pro-Palestinian groups are being charged with fraud — and could pro-Israel groups be next?
A zealous lawyer got Jewish Voice for Peace to settle for $700,000, and pocketed $70,000 in the process
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Fast Forward Lufthansa ordered to pay $4M penalty for denying boarding to 128 Jewish passengers in 2022
The airline penalty is the largest issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation for discrimination
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News Jewish seniors nonprofit Dorot rocked by budget cuts
The organization has increased expenses in recent years even as revenue has been uneven
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Opinion A subway mask ban won’t fight antisemitism, but it will punish immunocompromised Jews like me
New York governor Kathy Hochul has raised the possibility of reinstating a mask ban in the subway after masked pro-Palestinian demonstrators threatened Jews
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News Should masks at demonstrations be banned? The issue is bigger than you think
It’s not just about pro-Palestinian protests. Mask bans raise issues related to public health, religion, privacy, free speech and more
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Theater A hauntingly bizarre musical upends Stephen Sondheim’s signature maxim — here, everyone is alone
In Dave Malloy's COVID-era 'Three Houses,' a brilliant structure saves three little pigs but leaves audience out in the woods
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News ‘No divestment, no commencement’: Students fear protests will upend their college graduations
'I’m sad for her that this is how her college career is ending,' one mother said of her graduating senior
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News No Jews allowed: White supremacists are building a segregated community in Arkansas, but is it legal?
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Opinion Zohran Mamdani’s victory proves it: The ‘gotcha’ mode of fighting antisemitism has to go
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News What a Mayor Mamdani would mean for New York Jews
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Opinion Mamdani’s victory is an opportunity for Jews to relearn the art of disagreement
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