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A gunman rammed a Michigan synagogue. Its security preparations may have saved lives.
(JTA) — The suspected assailant, armed with rifles and smoke bombs, who rammed into Temple Israel on Thursday encountered a synagogue that was well prepared for just such an attack. He hit and injured the congregation’s security director with his car as he plowed through the synagogue’s doors and drove down a hallway. But he…
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Yeshiva University fans gear up for Sweet Sixteen run — and a Shabbat in Atlanta
(JTA) — Yeshiva University’s men’s basketball team is set to play in the Sweet Sixteen round of March Madness on Friday, for the first time in the program’s history. If that sentence sounds familiar, that’s because the YU Maccabees have qualified for the Division III tournament’s Sweet Sixteen once before, in 2020. But that tournament…
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California sues Oakland school district, saying district ignored order to address antisemitism
(JTA) — A large school district serving Oakland, California, is effectively defying state efforts to make it address antisemitism on its campuses, according to a lawsuit filed this week by the California Department of Education. In January, the department ordered the Oakland Unified School District to send letters to families and staff condemning antisemitism and…
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How a Jewish-owned yarn store knitted the symbol of the anti-ICE movement
In January, as violent confrontations between ICE and protesters erupted in the Twin Cities, a knitting group at Needle & Skein yarn shop in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, started brainstorming what they could do to lift people’s spirits. Paul Neary, a designer at the shop with a special love for fiber arts history, quickly found…
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I’m going to miss the ‘Marty Supreme’ press tour
Lately, the internet hasn’t been able to stop talking about Timothée Chalamet. First, an account clipped a dismissive statement he made during a town hall event about opera and ballet. The next was a video of him, in China, playing an elderly woman in ping-pong. Then, there was a clip of him serving tofu from…
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Michigan synagogue attacked in car ramming, suspect confirmed dead
A suspect who rammed his truck into a major Detroit area synagogue Thursday afternoon is believed to be dead, law enforcement said, with no other major injuries reported. The FBI and local law enforcement responded to reports of an attack at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, a prominent Reform synagogue that also hosts a…
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How my first trip to Israel led to “The First Ever Yiddish Show in Egypt”
As one who has been eager to build a career in music and comedy online, I began to notice that about 25% of my views were coming from Israel. Messages started pouring in. Friends who lived there told me people were talking about me. Promoters reached out about shows. “When are you coming to Israel?”…
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Trump endorses Brandon Herrera, Texas GOP candidate who owned copy of ‘Mein Kampf’
(JTA) — President Trump on Thursday endorsed Brandon Herrera, the de facto GOP nominee for a Texas congressional district whose past comments about Nazis have drawn scrutiny. “Brandon is strongly supported by many Highly Respected MAGA Warriors in Texas, and Republicans in the U.S. House,” the president wrote on his social network Truth Social about…
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How Platforms Like Spinbara Casino Conquered the Canadian Market
Canada’s online entertainment market has grown steadily over the past decade, shaped by a population that is digitally connected, geographically spread out, and accustomed to accessing services on their own terms. Platforms that have succeeded here tend to share a common trait: they adapted to Canadian expectations rather than simply translating an existing product. Spinbara…
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Mourning the victims of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
דעם 25סטן מערץ וועט ווערן 105 יאָר זינט דער שרעקלעכער טראַגעדיע — די שׂריפֿה אינעם טרײַענגל־שוירטווייסט־פֿאַבריק, אין 1911. 146 יונגע אַרבעטאָרינס, ס׳רובֿ ייִדישע און איטאַליענישע, זענען אומגעקומען, ווען די טיר, וואָס האָט באַדאַרפֿט בלײַבן אָפֿן זיך צו ראַטעווען אין אַזאַ פֿאַל, האָבן די סוועטשאַפּ־באַלעבאַטים געהאַלטן פֿאַרשלאָסן. צו יענער צײַט, האָט דער פּאָעט מאָריס ראָזענפֿעלד געאַרבעט…
