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Trump antisemitism official to visit Michigan synagogue weeks before midterms, backed by ZOA
(JTA) — DETROIT – The Trump administration’s antisemitism czar will speak to a Michigan synagogue on Wednesday for a Justice Department event that also doubles as a fundraiser for the state’s chapter of the Zionist Organization of America. Leo Terrell, who chairs the administration’s Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, is attending on behalf of the…
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Latin Jews seek belonging and identity in a country where they feel excluded
(JTA) — Ziggy Valdez, a nonbinary Mexican Jew studying to become a rabbi, was born in Illinois and grew up moving around the country as the child of a Navy father, always attached to a Reform synagogue. Valdez, who uses they/them pronouns, has Mexican roots on both sides of the family and has been “physically…
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Ahead of elections, Bennett and Lapid pledge to strengthen Israel-Diaspora ties
(JTA) — Israel-Diaspora relations will be made a top priority for former prime ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid if their B’Yachad party joins the next Israeli government, according to a working plan shared with JTA. Under the plan, the party seeks to elevate the importance of Diaspora Jewry by transferring responsibility for relations from…
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Ossoff and Collins face off over white nationalism, Epstein, El-Sayed and Hasan Piker
(JTA) — Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff reaffirmed Israel’s right to combat Hamas in Gaza while stressing that its use of U.S. weapons must be in compliance with international law during a debate on Tuesday ahead of the Nov. 3 elections. His opponent, Republican Rep. Mike Collins, seeks to unseat Ossoff in a race that could…
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Bomb threat hoaxes called into four U.S. Jewish day schools
(JTA) — Bomb threat hoaxes targeting four U.S. Jewish day schools resulted in evacuations and a lockdown within the last week. Hoaxers called in threats two minutes apart on Oct. 9 to two Brooklyn yeshivas, the Yeshivah of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School and the United Talmudical Academy of Williamsburg, News 12 reported. Police later…
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Memories of Bubbe Khave-Leye at the marketplace in Buenos Aires
אין אונדזערע צײַטן זענען ווייניק יונגע מענטשן זוכה אויסצוּוואַקסן אין אַ שטוב וווּ עס וווינען דרײַ דורות. איך בין געבוירן געוואָרן אין אַ שטוב, וווּ עס האָבן געוווינט צוזאַמען מײַנע טאַטע־מאַמע מיט די טאַטע־מאַמע פֿון מײַן מאַמע – באָבע חווה־לאה און זיידע חיים־מענדל — יעדער דור מיט זײַן אייגענער גײַסטיקער וועלט, שפּראַך און נסיון אין…
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‘It’s a whole ‘nother level of hate’: Pro-Palestinian groups target Oregon Hillel director
The fall semester at Oregon Hillel started with a stolen sukkah. Days later, the director found his face plastered on flyers around University of Oregon’s campus, branding him “Enemy of the People.” Then came the Oct. 7 anniversary, when pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched to the Hillel House and set fire to an American-Israeli flag on the…
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NYC Comptroller breaks campaign promise to Jewish voters to buy Israel Bonds, drawing praise from Mamdani
New York City Comptroller Mark Levine’s decision not to resume the city’s investments in Israel Bonds, breaking a campaign promise he made to Jewish voters last year, drew mixed reactions Wednesday from supporters of Israel and advocates for the Palestinian cause. It also marked another symbolic shift in the city’s relationship with Israel under Mayor…
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A town in the Alps that rescued Jews from the Nazis
Read the original Yiddish article here. During a trip to the French Alps this year, I discovered a village with a fascinating Jewish history. Saint-Martin-Vésubie sprawls across a mountain in southern France near the Italian border, its slopes dotted with colorful houses. A river runs through the center of town, lined with pine trees and…
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Trump may endorse Netanyahu. But loving Israel is not the same as loving Bibi.
President Donald Trump has raised the possibility of endorsing a candidate in Israel’s Oct. 27 election. “I may be doing something,” he said when asked about it this week. He did not say whom he might support, although his history with Benjamin Netanyahu makes the prime minister seemingly the likely possibility. I am here to…
