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Iran Judiciary Chief Warns No Leniency for Protesters ‘Helping Enemy’
People walk on a street as protests erupt over the collapse of the currency’s value in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 2, 2026. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS Iran‘s top judge warned protesters on Wednesday there would be “no leniency for those who help the enemy against the Islamic Republic,” while accusing Israel and the US of…
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‘From a shtetl to a diaspora’: How a Palisades synagogue exiled by fire forged through
Jewish tradition carves grief into discrete periods of time. Shiva lasts a week. Shloshim — the post-funeral period when one does not receive a haircut — is 30 days. For the death of a parent, one says kaddish for 11 months. After a year, mourning officially concludes. But what of the destruction of a home…
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I Worked at a Palestinian Summer Camp: The Glorification of Terrorism Is Preventing Any Peace Deal
Women look at a mobile phone screen in Ramallah, in the West Bank, Jan. 20, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad When I worked for a reconciliation organization and lived in the small, largely Palestinian Christian town of Beit Sahour last summer, there were multiple aspects of Palestinian society that disturbed me. Yet, what I found to…
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You Should Know About These Anti-Israel Developments on College Campuses and at K-12 Schools
Harvard University campus on May 24, 2025, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Photo: Zhu Ziyu/VCG via Reuters Connect Despite notable holdouts, in particular Harvard University, university administrations continue to quietly settle Federal lawsuits regarding their treatment of Jewish students and faculty, and to limit the ability of pro-Hamas groups to harass and intimidate others. University action against extremist…
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How did Soviet Yiddish authors write about the Holocaust?
אין דער אָפֿיציעלער סאָװעטישער קולטור האָט מען ניט גערעדט װעגן דעם ייִדישן חורבן. מען האָט יאָ דערמאָנט ייִדישע קרבנות אין דער צװײטער װעלט־מלחמה, אָבער בלױז װי אַ טײל פֿון די מיליאָנען „ציװילע סאָװעטישע בירגער“, װאָס זײַנען אומגעקומען אונטער דער דײַטשישער אָקופּאַציע. אַזױ איז פֿאַרשפּרײט געװאָרן די מיינונג, אַז די סאָװעטישע קולטור האָט לגמרי פֿאַרשװיגן דעם…
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The Iranian People Are Demanding Their Freedom; Where Is the Media?
Protesters demonstrate against poor economic conditions in Tehran, Iran, with some shopkeepers closing their stores on Dec. 29, 2025, in response to ongoing hardships and fluctuations in the national currency. Photo: ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters Connect “What were the media doing when the regime led by Ali Khamenei finally fell?” That is the question…
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Palestinian Authority Police Commit Another Terrorist Attack
Illustrative: Israeli forces gather at the scene of a shooting attack near a Jewish outpost, near Nablus, in the West Bank, December 16, 2021. REUTERS/Ammar Awad When Palestinian Authority (PA) police officer and Fatah’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades terror-wing member Younes Walid Shtayyeh shot at Israeli special forces and wounded an Israeli soldier near Nablus, it…
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An idyllic Jewish village, full of life and hope, just hours before its utter annihilation
A remarkable scene in Ady Walter’s film Shttl takes place in a Jewish Ukrainian village outside of Kiev on June 21, 1941, one day before the Nazi invasion, known as Operation Barbarossa. The Rebbe, played by the always excellent Saul Rubinek is the voice of reason; he is a thoughtful, complex, contradictory and conflicted character. He…
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Pardoned Jan. 6 protester Jake Lang throws chocolate coins, Nazi salute during anti-AIPAC demonstration in DC
(JTA) — Pardoned Jan. 6 protester Jake Lang staged an antisemitic demonstration on Sunday outside of the headquarters of the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC where he threw chocolate coins and gave a Nazi salute. As he stood before a banner reading “Make Jerusalem Christian Again,” Lang made a series of threats against AIPAC-funded politicians and peddled…
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She helped rescue the Torahs from their burning synagogue. A year later, Pasadena’s mishkan is thriving.
PASADENA — A year after fire reduced the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center to ash, Cantor Ruth Berman Harris stands in the rain on the empty lot where it once stood. Beneath her boots, the ground is slick; above her, the San Gabriel Mountains fade into fog — the inverse of the dry, wind-driven night…
