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Jewish groups condemn Coast Guard for secret swastika policy change
(JTA) — After the Washington Post reported last month that the U.S. Coast Guard was reclassifying swastikas and nooses to no longer be considered hate symbols, Jewish leaders voiced their objections. The Coast Guard’s acting commandant, claiming the report was inaccurate, sought to assure them. There would be no change to its categorization of the…
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Rabbinical texts reveal surprising links between Yiddish and Ladino
דער דײַטשישער וויסנשאַפֿטלעכער פֿאַרלאַג De Gruyter האָט לעצטנס אַרויסגעגעבן אַ באַנד פֿאָרשונגען וועגן רבנישע כּתבֿים אויף ייִדיש און לאַדינאָ, רעדאַקטירט דורך קאַטיאַ שמיד (מאַדריד), דוד בוניס (ירושלים) און חוה טורניאַנסקי (ירושלים). די עלעקטראָנישע ווערסיע פֿונעם בוך איז צוטריטלעך צו אַלעמען, פֿרײַ פֿון אָפּצאָל. אויף ייִדיש זענען פֿאַראַן צוויי ווערטער, וואָס באַצייכענען דעם אונטערשייד צווישן הייליקע…
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Why Poland’s president canceled his menorah lighting — and how the West helped make that happen
As we grapple with the horrific massacre of Jews celebrating Hanukkah in Bondi Beach, Australia, another assault on a Jewish holiday tradition is occurring halfway across the world. It’s not violent, thankfully, but it sure is ominous. This Hanukkah, the night is darker over Warsaw. For the past decade, each December, a menorah burned in…
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Islamic State Calls Bondi Beach Massacre a ‘Source of Pride,’ but Does Not Claim Responsibility
Mourners carry the casket of 10-year-old Matilda the youngest victim of a mass shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach targeting an event for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah on Sunday, at Chevra Kadisha Memorial Hall, in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 18, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Hollie Adams Islamic State said on Thursday the killing of 15 people at a Jewish…
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Saudi, French, US Officials Push Hezbollah Disarmament Plan
Lebanese army members stand on a military vehicle during a Lebanese army media tour, to review the army’s operations in the southern Litani sector, in Alma Al-Shaab, near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon, Nov. 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Taher French, Saudi Arabian, and American officials held talks with the head of the Lebanese army on Thursday in Paris aimed at…
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Israel, Germany Sign $3.1 Billion Contract Expansion for Arrow Air Defense System
Flags flutter in front of a radom of the “Arrow Weapon System for Germany” pictured in Annaburg, Germany, Dec. 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Axel Schmidt Israel and Germany signed a contract worth around $3.1 billion to expand the Arrow-3 air and missile defense system manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries, Israel‘s defense ministry said on Thursday. Germany first purchased the Arrow system in 2023, as it sees Russia’s intermediate-range missiles as the primary threat…
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Trump Administration Imposes Sanctions on Two More ICC Judges for ‘Politicized Actions Targeting Israel’
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a US-Paraguay Status of Forces agreement signing ceremony at the State Department in Washington, DC, US, Dec. 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt US President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on two more judges from the International Criminal Court over their involvement in the court’s case…
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Syria, Kurdish Forces Race to Save Integration Deal Ahead of Deadline
A person holds flags as people celebrate after the Kurdish-led and US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which controls much of Syria’s oil-rich northeast, has signed a deal agreeing to integrate into Syria’s new state institutions, the Syrian presidency said on Monday, in Damascus, Syria, March 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi Syrian, Kurdish, and US officials are…
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4 House Democrats introduce bill that would enact progressive vision for fighting antisemitism
(JTA) — Four progressive House Democrats have introduced a bill aimed at combatting antisemitism in the wake of the attack on Jews celebrating Hanukkah in Sydney. The Antisemitism Response and Prevention Act would demand a host of policy measures, including fully funding the federal Office of Civil Rights, while also repudiating the Trump administration’s tactics…
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It takes a village to raise a child in Yiddish: How parents are doing it
„צו האָדעװען אַ קינד, באַדאַרף מען אַ דאָרף.“ דאָס װערטל, וואָס שטאַמט מסתּמא פֿון דער ניגערישער שפּראַך איגבאָ און אַנדערע צענטראַל־אַפֿריקאַנישע שפּראַכן – מײנט בקיצור אַז קינדער װערן נישט אױסשליסלעך דערצױגן פֿון די אײגענע עלטערן אין דער הײם. זײ זאַפּן אױכעט אײַן די קולטור, שפּראַך און שׂכל פֿון שכנים, הױזפֿרײַנד, לערערקעס און מיט־תּלמידים. פֿאַרן הײַפֿל…
