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Supreme Court ruling clears Goldman–Lander showdown for NYC congressional seat
A months-long redistricting battle that had cast a long period of uncertainty over one of New York’s most closely watched Democratic primaries ended Monday, clearing the way for a high-stakes clash between two prominent Jewish candidates in a district that voted heavily for Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist and strident critic of Israel. The…
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Marco Rubio invoked a medieval antisemitic trope in justifying war with Iran
Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a striking explanation on Monday for why the United States entered its current war with Iran. According to Rubio, the U.S. acted because Israel had decided on its own to strike Iran first, and Washington feared that Tehran would retaliate against American forces in the region. In other words,…
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In the face of conflict over assimilation, appropriation, colonialism and hegemony, a plea for human dignity through dance
Some movies cut so close to home that they make it impossible to have an objective response. When I was watching Tatyana Tenenbaum’s debut feature documentary Everything You Have Is Yours, the moment of truth hit about halfway through. The film’s protagonist, dancer and choreographer Hadar Ahuvia, is rehearsing in an empty studio, talking about…
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Iranian American Jews see hope in Trump’s plan for regime change
נאָך דעם ווי די אַמעריקאַנער און ישׂראלדיקע מיליטערישע כּוחות האָבן שבת אומגעבראַכט דעם איראַנישן פֿירער אַלי כאמייני האָבן איראַניש־אַמעריקאַנער ייִדן זיך דערפֿרייט, און אַ סך פֿון זיי האָבן אויסגעדריקט די האָפֿענונג אַז זיי וועלן אַ מאָל קענען זיך אומקערן אינעם לאַנד פֿון וועלכן זיי זענען אַנטלאָפֿן. בעת דער קאָנפֿליקט האָט זיך די וואָך פֿאַרשפּרייט איבערן…
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It’s Purim in Tel Aviv — but in the shelter there are few costumes in sight
An hour before my suburban Boston minyan convened to twirl groggers and shout curses at Haman during the Megillah reading, I hustled into the underground parking garage beneath an old age home across the street from our Tel Aviv rental flat. It was the 25th or 26th siren since the start of the new Iran…
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Did Israel force Trump into war with Iran? After Marco Rubio suggests so, Israel’s critics erupt.
(JTA) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio inflamed critics of the U.S.-Israel war on Iran on Monday when he suggested that Israel had pulled the United States into the conflict. “We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action, we knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces, and we knew…
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Iran, Israel and Hitler’s gun are all on the ballot in key primaries in Texas and NC on Tuesday
(JTA) — With war in Iran breaking out just as two crucial states hold their primaries, a new PAC opposing pro-Israel spending will have its first big opportunity to flex its muscles among Democrats. Meanwhile, a gun influencer with a penchant for Hitler jokes and Nazi symbols stands a chance to ride a scandal-ridden GOP…
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Death of Iranian leader just before Purim revives Book of Esther parallels
(JTA) — In Jewish time, history often has a way of rhyming with the calendar. So when Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei was killed in an Israeli air strike on the Shabbat before Purim — the holiday that commemorates the downfall of Haman, a Persian tyrant who sought to annihilate the Jews — it was…
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US urges Americans to ‘DEPART NOW’ from Israel and a dozen other Middle Eastern countries
(JTA) — The U.S. State Department urged American citizens on Monday afternoon to urgently depart from over a dozen Middle Eastern countries amid the escalating conflict in Iran. The list includes Israel, which halted all commercial air travel when U.S. and Israeli forces jointly attacked Iran on Saturday. “The @SecRubio @StateDept urges Americans to DEPART…
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Purim gets creative in Israel, with festivities driven underground
TEL AVIV, Israel — On the corner of a sun-bleached side street in Tel Aviv’s Shuk Levinsky, costumed mannequins stand guard over a half-dark shop, their painted eyes fixed on a street gone strangely still. Cardboard boxes of sequined capes and feathered wings spill onto the sidewalk, untouched. The neighboring businesses are shuttered, heavy padlocks fastened…
