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Middlebury College Hillel votes to rebrand, distancing from parent on Israel
The student leaders of the campus Hillel at a small liberal arts school in Vermont have voted to rename the student group, moving to distance it from an international organization they say is too pro-Israel. Middlebury College’s Hillel student board made the decision last week after a yearlong consultation process with active participants in the…
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‘Time Zone’ — poetry by Jake Schneider
צײַטזאָנע (אַטלאַס) פֿאַר די ייִדיש־שרײַבערס פֿון יאָר 2100 אַן עסײ־פּאָעמע געשריבן אין יאַנואַר 2026 12:00 טײל פּאַסאַזשירן דרײען צוריק די זײגערלעך בײַם אָפּפֿלי, אַנדערע בײַ דער לאַנדונג. רובֿ פּאַסאַזשירן אָבער טראָגן מער נישט קײן זײגערלעך און װאַרטן ביז די מאָבילקעס פֿאַרבינדן זיך מיט דער נײַער צײַט. די צײַט באַשטײט פֿון פֿאַרבינדונגען. אױף די עקראַנען: מאַפּעס…
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Abe Foxman built the Jewish establishment. He died troubled by what it had become
Abe Foxman never texted me Shabbat Shalom, and he didn’t always answer my calls. I couldn’t blame him, because I was often looking for something more from Foxman than his comment on current events. Foxman, who died on Sunday, was a consummate insider who had become troubled by what he viewed as the cowardice of…
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Clashes over Israel again define Eurovision — this time under the shadow of the Holocaust
VIENNA — Lisa Wegenstein is putting shakshuka on the menu. She hopes it won’t get her any hate. Wegenstein, 59, runs Kantine, a laid-back café and bar in Vienna’s Museumsquartier, a hip museum area next to the historic inner city. Kantine has been a local staple for the past 23 years, with a generous cocktail…
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Polish novel portrays nostalgic image of the Jewish life that once existed there
ס׳איז לעצטנס אַרויס אַן ענגלישע איבערזעצונג פֿונעם ראָמאַן „איך הייס שטראַמער“, וועגן אַ ייִדישער משפּחה אין דער פּױלישער שטאָט טאַרנע (טאַרנאָוו). דאָס בוך האָט אָנגעשריבן דער פּױלישער שרײַבער מיקאָלײַ לאָזינסקי. אין משך פֿון העכער װי 150 יאָר האָט טאַרנע געהערט צו דער עסטרײַכישער פּראָװינץ גאַליציע. אונטער דער עסטרײַכישער אימפּעריע האָבן ייִדן ניט געליטן פֿון מלוכישן…
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Toronto man arrested after allegedly shooting at Orthodox Jews outside a synagogue
(JTA) — Police in Toronto have arrested a man they say shot at “visibly identifiable members of the Jewish community” on two occasions a week apart. Ruslan Novruzov, 18, is charged with assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose in conjunction with the shootings, which took place on April…
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Netanyahu on ‘60 Minutes’: Fight with Hezbollah should be seen as separate from Iran war
(JTA) — In an appearance on U.S. television on Sunday night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu argued that Israel should continue fighting against Hezbollah in Lebanon even if the war in Iran concludes. Netanyahu spoke with Major Garrett on CBS’ “60 Minutes” as President Donald Trump continues to negotiate to end the Iran war that…
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Labour politician is booed as thousands rally against antisemitism in London
(JTA) — Thousands of British Jews, as well as politicians from multiple parties, rallied in London outside the prime minister’s residence on Sunday to call for more aggressive action against antisemitism following a string of violent attacks. Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative party leader whose response to a heckler making light of threats against Jews went…
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Remembering Abe Foxman, the longtime ADL leader known as the ‘Jewish pope,’ who always answered my calls
Friday before sundown, I realized that Abe Foxman had not sent me his weekly “Shabbat Shalom” message. For the past seven years, since we began texting regularly about Jewish and political issues, the message would arrive each Friday like clockwork — often accompanied by screenshots of Shabbat memes. My response never changed: “Good Shabbos, tzaddik,”…
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Michael Jackson biopic revives legend of Jewish music mogul who battled MTV’s ‘color barrier’
(JTA) — About halfway through “Michael,” the new blockbuster biopic of Michael Jackson, there is a scene in which Jackson (played by his nephew Jafaar) and his lawyer, John Branca (Miles Teller), are sitting with the president of his record label. It’s early in Jackson’s “Thriller” album cycle, as “Billie Jean” has been released as…
