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Who is Hasan Piker, the left-wing streamer accused of being an antisemite?
(JTA) — Rep. Brad Schneider, an Illinois Democrat, delivered a forceful condemnation of the popular streamer Hasan Piker on Tuesday, warning his fellow Democrats against embracing figures he says traffic in hate. “Hasan Piker is an unapologetic antisemite,” Schneider, who chairs the New Democratic Coalition, wrote in a post on X. “Democrats risk losing our…
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Growing Islamophobia is being overlooked — while drawing on an antisemitic framework
Imagine if a pair of House members launched a “Talmud Free America” caucus predicated on the notion that Jewish law is incompatible with American values. Imagine that more than 50 members quickly signed up to join this caucus, while House leadership either remained silent or joined the caucus themselves. Imagine that members of the new…
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Gavin Newsom isn’t waffling on Israel — he’s voicing sensible ideas in an era of outrage
When California Gov. Gavin Newsom told Politico in an interview on Tuesday that he regretted using the term “apartheid” in reference to Israel earlier this month, I wasn’t at all surprised. Anyone who cared to listen to the podcast in which he supposedly made the accusation could understand that his critics were twisting the meaning…
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These pro-Palestinian PACs are trying to beat AIPAC at its own game
(JTA) — Some critics of AIPAC are calling for it to be excised from electoral politics. Others are working to beat the pro-Israel lobby at its own game. At least three groups have entered the scene this year as hopeful counterweights to pro-Israel lobbying groups, with an eye on progressive candidates. And they’ve borrowed some…
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A new book of contemporary Yiddish poetry with Russian translations
נישט יעדער ווייסט, אַז די ייִדישע פּאָעזיע לעבט און בליט נאָך אינעם 21סטן יאָרהונדערט. די נײַע זאַמלונג „איך קער זיך אום“, וואָס איז אַרויס אין מאָסקווע סוף 2025, קומט דווקא צו ווײַזן, אַז דאָס פּאָעטישע לעבן אויף ייִדיש גייט אָן ווײַטער — אין פֿאַרשידענע לענדער, שפּראַכן און סטילן. דאָס בוך האָט אַרויסגעגעבן דער ייִדישער פֿאַרלאַג…
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Israel is gleefully copying Nazi imagery in the propaganda war with Iran
The octopus — with tentacles splayed, gripping the globe — was a staple of European antisemitic caricature in the lead-up to the Holocaust. It was first popularized at the turn of the 20th century, and Nazi propagandists later developed it into a recurring motif: the Jewish people as a malevolent, multi-armed creature strangling the nations of…
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The Justice Department’s Oct. 7 task force is unraveling, report says
(JTA) — A Justice Department task force meant to investigate the perpetrators of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas terror attacks has shed much of its staff and resources as the Trump administration has upended the federal judiciary, according to a new report in the Washington Post. The task force, convened by U.S. Attorney General Pam…
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Backers of Jewish charter school launch federal challenge in Oklahoma
(JTA) — Supporters of a proposed Jewish school that was denied entry to the state’s charter school program filed a federal lawsuit in Oklahoma City Tuesday, in the latest effort to legalize publicly funded religious charter schools in the United States. The lawsuit asks a federal judge to strike down Oklahoma’s ban on religious charter…
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Two men arrested after Hatzola ambulance arson attack in London
(JTA) — Two men were arrested in London on Wednesday in connection with an arson attack days earlier that destroyed four ambulances owned by Hatzola, a Jewish volunteer emergency service. A 47-year-old man was arrested in northwest London and a 45-year-old man in central London, according to the Metropolitan Police. Both are suspected of arson…
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For this unconventional Jewish organization, tradition takes a back seat to community
Despite a temporary boost after Oct. 7 — the so-called ‘solidarity spike’ — traditional Jewish community in the United States has been in decline for at least a generation. Synagogue attendance, regular Shabbat practice, paying congregational dues — never have these seemed less appealing to more Jews. This isn’t all that surprising. American Jewry is…
