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Bill to Help Recovery of Nazi-Looted Art Passes US Senate Unanimously, Heads to House of Representatives
A drone view of the “Arbeit macht frei” gate at the former Auschwitz concentration camp ahead of the 80th anniversary of its liberation, Oswiecim, Poland, Jan. 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kacper Pempel The US Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that would help Holocaust survivors and their families reclaim artwork stolen by Nazis during World…
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Middle East Scholars Hope New Book on Oct. 7 Will Combat the ‘Promotion of Fallacies on Campus’
Pro-Hamas demonstrators at Columbia University in New York City, US, April 29, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs A consortium of Middle East scholars, as well as one student, has published a new book examining the impact of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre across southern Israel on geopolitics, media, and the landscape of higher education, The Algemeiner recently…
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Chair of 2028 Olympics Visits Israel, Says Security of Athletes Will Be His ‘No. 1 Concern’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with LA 2028 Olympic Organizing Committee Chairperson Casey Wasserman. Photo: GPO/Ma’ayan Toaff Casey Wasserman, the Jewish-American chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, visited Israel for the first time ever this week and spoke about security measures being taken for the Olympic Games in two years. Wasserman, who…
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Scottish band Primal Scream draws backlash over concert backdrop of Israeli officials with swastika-eyes
(JTA) — The Scottish rock band Primal Scream is rejecting criticism that it received after displaying Stars of David entwined with swastikas at a concert in London on Monday, as part of an anti-Israel demonstration. The images were projected behind the stage during the performance of Primal Scream’s 2000 song “Swastika Eyes.” It featured images…
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Swiss Eurovision Winner Nemo to Send Trophy Back in Protest Over Israel’s Participation
2024 Eurovision Song Contest winner Nemo performs during the Grand Final of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland, May 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Denis Balibouse Swiss Eurovision winner Nemo on Thursday said they were handing back their trophy in the latest protest about Israel’s continued participation in the contest over the war in Gaza. Nemo, the non-binary singer who won in 2024 with “The Code,” a drum-and-bass, opera,…
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US Aims for International Gaza Force Deployment Early Next Year, Say US Officials
The Beaver Moon supermoon rises above destroyed buildings amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, Nov. 5, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas International troops could be deployed in the Gaza Strip as early as next month to form a UN-authorized stabilization force, two US officials told Reuters, but it remains unclear how Palestinian terrorist group Hamas will be disarmed. The officials, speaking on…
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Irish Minister Defends ‘Limited’ Trade Curbs on Israeli Settlements
A bicycle with the Palestinian and Irish flags is seen at the University College Dublin (UCD) ‘Palestinian Liberation Encampment’ on June 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne Ireland’s planned curbs on trade with Israeli settlements will be limited strictly to goods, a minister told Reuters, offering the first clear signal on the scope of the contested legislation and rejecting accusations that the country is antisemitic.…
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Turkey Says No Change in Russian S-400s Amid US Talks on F-35s
Spectators watch Russia’s S-400 air defense system units driving along a road after a military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 79th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Yulia Morozova Turkey and the United States are discussing the US sanctions and obstacles to…
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Podcast: Mikhl Yashinsky speaks in Yiddish about the Jewish Sherlock Holmes
ס׳איז לעצטנס אַרויס אַ רעקאָרדירונג פֿון אַן אינטערוויו מיטן ייִדישן דראַמאַטורג און איבערזעצער מיכל יאַשינסקי אויף דער ייִדישער ראַדיאָ־פּראָגראַם „דאָס ייִדישע קול“. דער לעקסיקאָגראַף שלום ביינפֿעלד, וואָס האָט געפֿירט דעם אינטערוויו, האָט בעיקר אויסגעפֿרעגט יאַשינסקין וועגן זײַן ענגלישער איבערזעצונג פֿון יונה קרעפּלס זאַמלונג דעטעקטיוו־דערציילונגען, „מאַקס שפּיצקאָפּף, דער ייִדישער שערלאָק האָלמס“, פּובליקירט הײַיאָר פֿונעם פֿאַרלאַג בײַם…
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We are living in Peak Latke, and I think I know why
Peak Latke is upon us. Cruise the web and socials this time of year and the varieties of latke experience are astonishing. Umpteen variations on the standard Ashkenazi potato latke, endless takes on Sephardic vegetable latkes, and then, the most arresting category of all, the novelty latke. Take Carolina Gelen, the Romanian-born Jewish queen of…
