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In the depths of Tel Aviv’s bus station, a fragile refuge for those with nowhere else to go during war
(JTA) — TEL AVIV — Two floors underground, past dumpsters and oil-laden puddles, through a reinforced Cold War-era door, a bomb shelter is buried underneath Tel Aviv’s Central Bus Station. Built in 1993 to accommodate more than 16,000 Israelis, the shelter found a new life during the Israel-Iran war as a public refuge for residents…
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Nearly half of young Americans view US relationship with Israel as a burden, survey finds
(JTA) — Nearly half of young Americans, 46%, believe that the United States’ relationship with Israel is mostly a burden to the United States, according to a new survey from the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School. The Harvard Youth Poll, which polled 2,018 Americans aged 18 to 29, found that just 16%…
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Long Island father and teen son arrested after investigation into swastika drawn in school bathroom
(JTA) — A father and his teenage son were arrested Wednesday after an investigation into swastika graffiti at the teen’s school led police to search their home, where authorities said they found chemicals used to make explosives. The arrests stemmed from an investigation into swastika graffiti found in a boys’ bathroom at Syosset High School…
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Tucker Carlson calls campaign to shame a country club for barring a Jewish toddler ‘repulsive’
(JTA) — Catherine Rampell, the economist and pundit, likes telling the story about how her father once launched a public campaign against a Palm Beach country club when it banned his 4-year-old son from attending a birthday party because he is Jewish. Now, Tucker Carlson has turned the anecdote into a sinister and “repulsive” tale…
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The de facto annexation of the West Bank is a recipe for utter disaster
The disturbing wave of near-daily attacks by Jewish extremists against Palestinians in the West Bank is advancing a quiet but steady effort by the Israeli government to annex the West Bank. While opposition from President Donald Trump has led Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step away from threats to formally annex the territory, his government…
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On the small island of St. Eustatius, the Jewish community turned the tide of the American Revolution
Even if you’re someone with the most prolific knowledge of Jewish American history, you may not have heard of the small Caribbean island of St. Eustatius. But its Jewish community played an important role in the American Revolution. The First Salute, a new exhibit at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia,…
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The antisemites are enjoying themselves
In a radio interview 16 years ago, Rick Sanchez of Rick’s List on CNN at the time complained that comedian Jon Stewart and other “elite Northeast establishment liberals” had it out for him. “Yeah, very powerless people,” Sanchez huffed after the host mentioned Stewart was Jewish. “Everyone who runs CNN is a lot like Stewart…
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Peter Beinart’s ‘Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza’ wins PEN America award
(JTA) — Progressive Jewish author Peter Beinart has won the 2026 PEN America Literary Award for nonfiction for his latest book, “Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning.” Beinart, who has long been an outspoken critic of Israel, is the editor-at-large of the leftist Jewish Currents magazine and a professor at CUNY’s Newmark…
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Trump, in absentia, becomes first non-Israeli to receive Israel’s top civilian honor
(JTA) — Donald Trump officially became the first non-Israeli to receive the Israel’s top civilian prize on Wednesday — but he wasn’t on hand to receive his honor. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Trump would get the Israel Prize after meeting with him at his Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, in December. “We decided to…
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Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas, celebrated conductor and Yiddish Theater royalty, dies at 81
Michael Tilson Thomas, composer, conductor and longtime music director of the San Francisco Symphony, died Wednesday April 22. The cause was brain cancer. He was 81. Thomas, the recipient of 12 Grammy Awards, a Peabody and Kennedy Center Honor, was born Dec. 24, 1944, the son of Ted Thomas, a stage manager and producer for…
