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Syria, Israel Resume US-Mediated Security Talks
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani speaks during a press conference in Moscow, Russia, July 31, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/Pool US–mediated talks between Syria and Israel have resumed after an interruption of several months, Syria‘s state news agency SANA reported on Monday, with Damascus seeking withdrawal of Israeli troops from territory seized after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. SANA, citing a Syrian government source,…
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Bank of Israel Makes Surprise Rate Cut as Inflation Moderates and Shekel Gains
The Bank of Israel building is seen in Jerusalem, June 16, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun The Bank of Israel unexpectedly cut its interest rate by 25 basis points on Monday, a second successive cut after lowering it in November for the first time in nearly two years, citing an improving inflation environment after the Gaza ceasefire. The benchmark short-term rate was reduced to 4.00% from…
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Grenade Found Close to Synagogue in Austrian Capital
Jewish community of Vienna and allies attend a memorial event to commemorate the November pogroms 1938, in Vienna, Austria, Nov. 7, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Elisabeth Mandl A hand grenade was found in a building entrance near a synagogue in the Austrian capital Vienna on Sunday, although police said early indications did not link the device to antisemitism. The grenade discovered in the Leopoldstadt district of the city…
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German antisemitism czar targeted in arson attack: ‘I will not be intimidated by this’
(JTA) — A property belonging to the antisemitism commissioner for the German state of Brandenburg was targeted in a suspected arson attack on Sunday. Andreas Büttner, the state’s commissioner of combatting antisemitism, wrote in a post on X that his family was home at the time of the attack, which targeted a shed on his…
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Jewish Communal Institutions Failed the Oct. 7 Test — Mergers, Consolidations, and Closing Some Institutions Is One Answer
Partygoers at the Supernova Psy-Trance Festival who filmed the events that unfolded on Oct. 7, 2023. Photo: Yes Studios For years, Jewish leaders have warned of a “talent pipeline” crisis: too few professionals entering and remaining in Jewish education, campus life, advocacy, philanthropy, and communal leadership. The concern is real. But it is incomplete. The…
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Iran’s Uprising Won’t Die; What About Our Care and Attention?
Protesters march in downtown Tehran, Iran, Dec. 29, 2025. Photo: Screenshot There is a rhythm to modern Iranian history — a rhythm written in marches, in Internet blackouts, in gunfire, and in funerals dug before dawn. Every few years, resistance to decades of theocratic repression erupts upward. Women step into the streets unveiled. Students chant…
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Disaster in Yemen: Saudi Arabia Just Bombed the UAE, and Empowered Iran
Personnel from EU maritime mission Eunavfor Aspides’ transport a casualty during rescue operation following an attack by Yemen’s Houthis on the Dutch-flagged general cargo ship Minervagracht, which caught fire in the Gulf of Aden, in this screengrab taken from handout video released on Sept. 30, 2025. Photo: Eunavfor Aspides via X/Handout via REUTERS Last week,…
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The judge in Maduro’s case is an Orthodox Jew — and displays a Torah verse in his chambers
Judge Alvin Kenneth Hellerstein, an Orthodox Jew who displays the Torah verse “Tzedek, tzedek tirdof,” — “Justice, justice, you shall pursue” — on the walls of his chambers, is presiding over the case of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Hellerstein oversaw Monday’s arraignment of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, who entered a plea of…
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Palestinian Authority Blames Israeli ‘Conspiracy’ for Deaths of Arab Citizens
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, US, Sept. 26, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid In 2025, the number of murdered Arab citizens of Israel reached a record high of 252. According to i24, most of these killings were linked to organized crime organizations, clashes between…
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Eva Schloss, Holocaust survivor who promoted the story of her friend and posthumous stepsister Anne Frank, dies at 96
(JTA) — Eva Schloss, a Holocaust survivor who launched a foundation to advance the legacy of her childhood friend and stepfather’s daughter Anne Frank, has died at 96. Schloss’ family said she died Saturday in London, where she settled after the Holocaust and became a prominent voice among survivors. In 1990, she founded the Anne…
