World News
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Australia’s Yiddish community is thriving, not reviving
As a professional translator of Yiddish literature, I was surprised by the characterization of the Australian Jewish community’s connection to the Yiddish language in the recent Forward piece “Australia’s Jewish community is defined by Holocaust survivors, Yiddishkeit and immigrants.” Australia’s Jewish community has indeed been shaped by the Yiddish language. This is why, when I…
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Israel Must Increase Its Advocacy — and Jews Must Continue Speaking Up
Trucks carrying aid move, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Hussam Al-Masri When will Israel answer the decades-long smear campaign against it? How can a nation known for breakthroughs in medicine, science, and agriculture — and home to the most ethical military and…
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UK Police Plan Tougher Action Against Antisemitic Chants and Protests
A forensic technician and police officers work at the scene after a man drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard in an attack at a synagogue where worshippers were marking Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, according to the British police, in north Manchester, Britain, Oct. 2, 2025. Photo:…
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Israeli NBA Player Deni Avdija Wishes ‘Happy Hanukkah’ After Star Performance in Win for Portland Trail Blazers
Dec 3, 2025; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija (8) drives between Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell (45) and forward De’Andre Hunter (12) in the fourth quarter at Rocket Arena. Mandatory Photo: David Richard-Imagn Images Israeli NBA player Deni Avdija clocked in 26 points, seven rebounds, eight assists, and one steal in…
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Alleged Bondi Gunman Charged With 15 Murders as Funerals of Victims Begin
Family members of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was killed during a shooting at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday, react during a funeral at Chabad of Bondi, in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Hollie Adams/Pool A man who allegedly opened fire on a Jewish Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach has…
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Oscars Shortlists Include Israeli, Palestinian Films About Oct. 7 Hostage, Deceased Palestinian Girl
Brandon Kramer and Lance Kramer in front of the Berlinale Palast holding the Berlinale Documentary Award for “Holding Liat” on Feb 22, 2025. Photo: Berlin International Film Festival Four films about Israelis and Palestinian are on the various shortlists of films that will advance for the 98th Academy Awards, it was announced on Tuesday. The…
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Black Jews seek renewed solidarity to fight hate after Bondi Beach
In the backlash against Israel following the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas terrorist attack, many American Jews put away Stars of David or avoided wearing yarmulkes in public, fearing they would be targeted in antisemitic violence. The burgeoning anti-Zionist protests on the left, coupled with emboldened right-wing antisemitism during the Trump years, shattered a sense of…
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Amnesty International Finally Acknowledged Israeli Victims, and the Media Looked Away
Partygoers at the Supernova Psy-Trance Festival who filmed the events that unfolded on Oct. 7, 2023. Photo: Yes Studios Two years. That is how long it took Amnesty International, one of the world’s supposedly leading human rights organizations, to formally acknowledge in a report that on October 7, 2023, Hamas committed horrific crimes against the Jewish people…
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The Missing Context: Media Distort the West Bank Terror Threat
Illustrative: Palestinians run during clashes with Israeli forces amid an Israeli military operation in Jenin, in the West Bank July 3, 2023. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta Compared to the terror threats emanating from numerous fronts, including Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Iran, the international media often downplays or dismisses the dangers Israel faces from the West Bank.…
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Will Mamdani and His Support for Israel Boycotts Make New York Less Affordable?
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani holds a press conference at the Unisphere in the Queens borough of New York City, US, Nov. 5, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kylie Cooper Mayor-elect Zohran Mandani’s vocal support of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement is an announcement to the world that New York City is no longer a…
