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Biden team resolves more Title VI antisemitism and anti-Arab cases before departure

Biden team resolves more Title VI antisemitism and anti-Arab cases before departure

Trump administration will take over a portfolio that includes dozens more outstanding cases involving allegations of antisemitic and anti-Palestinian...

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‘Shalom, friends’: US Jews on TikTok brace for app’s ban after Supreme Court ruling

‘Shalom, friends’: US Jews on TikTok brace for app’s ban after Supreme Court ruling

With the platform possibly set to be barred in the US as soon as Sunday, Jewish creators credit it for their success even as others blame it for...

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Trump taps Mel Gibson, Jon Voight, Sylvester Stallone as ‘Hollywood ambassadors’

Trump taps Mel Gibson, Jon Voight, Sylvester Stallone as ‘Hollywood ambassadors’

US president-elect provides few details of what the role will entail

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Heroes or hooligans? Milwaukee rabbi and son arrested for vandalizing swastika mural

Heroes or hooligans? Milwaukee rabbi and son arrested for vandalizing swastika mural

In September, a Palestinian businessman plastered his building with an image of the Nazi symbol in a Star of David; the pair who removed it say they...

13.01.2025 40

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US Department of Education opens antisemitism probe at Sarah Lawrence College

US Department of Education opens antisemitism probe at Sarah Lawrence College

JTA — The federal Department of Education is opening a Title VI antisemitism investigation into Sarah Lawrence College in response to a complaint...

08.01.2025 60

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Outgoing PM Trudeau lost confidence of much of Canada’s Jewish community

Outgoing PM Trudeau lost confidence of much of Canada’s Jewish community

JTA — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will step down from his post and from his party leadership amid plummeting poll numbers and dissent...

07.01.2025 60

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Despite US Jews’ anxiety over antisemitism and Israel, Jewish films are having a moment

JTA — Hollywood tore itself apart after this year’s Oscars ceremony following a Jewish director’s acceptance speech for a Holocaust film, in...

26.12.2024 10

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Starring Adrien Brody, ‘The Brutalist’ is based on postwar Jewish architects in the US

JTA — The famed architect Louis Kahn made little effort to live Jewishly, yet throughout the 20th century he designed synagogues and famous...

18.12.2024 30

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U of Michigan fires DEI official for claiming school ‘controlled by wealthy Jews’

JTA — The University of Michigan has fired a director in its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion office owing to antisemitic comments she made to...

14.12.2024 6

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Countering Israel’s far right, several US Jewish groups say they oppose resettling Gaza

JFNA, American Jewish Committee and ADL among those reiterating belief in two-state solution after Smotrich, Ben Gvir say Palestinians should be...

10.12.2024 10

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Cornell president’s leaked criticism of Gaza class prompts new row over academic freedom

In a private email, Michael Kotlikoff criticized a new course called ‘Gaza, Indigeneity, Resistance,’ raising concerns for some as Trump vows to...

07.12.2024 4

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Trump gears up to deliver on promise to curb anti-Israel campus protests

The incoming president has promised to defeat the ‘radical revolution,’ throw activists who aren’t US citizens out of the country, and slash...

05.12.2024 4

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Joshmentum: Across the United States, voters are embracing the Jewish Josh

If Josh Gottheimer wins his race for NJ governor next year, 8% of all governor’s mansions in the country would be occupied by Democratic Jewish...

25.11.2024 20

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Daniel Lurie, political neophyte and Levi Strauss heir, wins San Francisco mayoral race

Son of president of San Francisco’s Jewish federation will become mayor of city that has seen a groundswell of pro-Palestinian activism that left...

09.11.2024 5

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Man carrying weapons, anti-Israel manifesto tried to enter US Capitol on Election Day

ADL says Michigan resident has expressed ‘a variety of antisemitic, anti-Israel and anti-government views, alleging that elected leaders serve...

08.11.2024 2

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Doug Emhoff, Ritchie Torres reassure Michigan Jewish voters Harris supports Israel

At mini-rally, second gentlemen questions how Jews can vote for Trump: ‘He foments antisemitism everywhere he goes’; NY rep tells private event VP...

22.10.2024 3

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Portland, Maine, city council votes to divest from companies doing business with Israel

Resolution listing dozens of companies passes unanimously following raucous public debate; mayor says vote is meant ‘to send a signal’ to Israel...

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Jerry Lewis’s infamously bad Holocaust film is having a moment. But you can’t watch it

Archival material related to ‘The Day the Clown Cried,’ the unreleased movie that ended the Jewish funnyman’s career, is now available, with...

28.08.2024 10

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US universities, Jewish groups hope to change campus climate as school year begins

With new initiatives including broader rules around demonstrations and even full-time surveillance, institutions seek to rein in anti-Israel...

26.08.2024 30

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NYU issues hate speech guidelines discouraging students from targeting ‘Zionists’

Pro-Palestinian activists claim that targeting Zionists isn’t antisemitic because not all Jews identify as Zionists, but new policy shows that...

24.08.2024 1

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1/3 of non-Jewish college students in US are hostile to Jews or Israel — study

Brandeis U researcher urges schools ‘to move beyond… just saying how bad’ antisemitism is, says students must be punished in same way as those...

23.08.2024 2

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‘Gestapo Game’ at Tim Walz’s school was part of a trend Holocaust educators now reject

Amid reports that the VP candidate helped end an outdated role playing game while a teacher in Minnesota, one thing is certain – he condemned...

19.08.2024 10

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Jewish groups seek to quash referendum that would force Pittsburgh to boycott Israel

Lawsuits filed to remove measure from ballot that one of Pennsylvania’s US senators has denounced as ‘rank antisemitism’ and the other says is...

17.08.2024 10

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How author Gabrielle Zevin has become a literary scapegoat for anti-Israel activists

Reflecting a wider trend since October 7, the writer has been accused of being a Zionist, and therefore, worthy of a boycott — most recently by a...

26.07.2024 10

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Trump cryptocurrency fundraiser drops Holocaust denier Candace Owens from lineup

Nashville event headlined by Donald Trump Jr. drew fire for including right-wing conspiracy theorist among its distinguished guests; she denies...

25.07.2024 3

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Larry David, ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ lead list of Jewish Emmy nominations

Show’s 12th and final season nominated for best comedy; several Jewish actors in the running for awards for their supporting roles in ‘The Bear’

18.07.2024 2

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Russia sentences Masha Gessen to prison in absentia for comments on Ukraine war

Jewish writer given 8-year sentence for spreading ‘false information’ in interview about Bucha, where Russian troops massacred civilians

17.07.2024 9

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