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Trump appointee promoted after reports he texted about having a ‘Nazi streak’
A group of six Democratic senators is calling on the Trump administration to stop promoting an official who previously faced congressional scrutiny for remarks he reportedly made praising Nazis. Paul Ingrassia, who previously served as a White House liaison to the Department of Homeland Security, was initially nominated to lead the Office of Special Counsel.…
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The Jewish playwright who inspired Tom Stoppard to write his Holocaust history
Something unexpected arrives in the middle of Tom Stoppard’s magisterial Holocaust drama Leopoldstadt: a bedroom farce. Fritz, a cavalry officer, is having an affair with the Catholic wife of Hermann Merz, a Jewish-born textile manufacturer who has recently been baptized and is striving to fully assimilate. During a card game, Fritz makes coarse, antisemitic remarks.…
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Guinness World Records Tells Israeli Charity It’s Currently Not Accepting Submissions From Israel
People stand next to flags on the day the bodies of deceased Israeli hostages, Oded Lifschitz, Shiri Bibas, and her two children Kfir and Ariel Bibas, who were kidnapped during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas, are handed over under the terms of a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, in Tel Aviv, Israel,…
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Iranian Athlete Withdraws From Taekwondo Competition in Kenya to Avoid Facing Israeli Opponent
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaking to members of Iran’s 2024 Olympic and Paralympic delegations. Photo: Screenshot An Iranian taekwondo athlete withdrew from an international championship in Kenya after she was paired with an opponent from Israel in the first round of the competition. Rozhan Godarzi, who won a bronze medal last month in…
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UK Gov’t Adviser: Police ‘Conflated’ Intelligence to Support Ban Against Maccabi Tel Aviv Soccer Fans
Soccer Football – UEFA Europa League – Aston Villa v Maccabi Tel Aviv – Villa Park, Birmingham, Britain – Nov. 6, 2025, Aston Villa’s Ian Maatsen scores their first goal. Photo: Action Images via Reuters The British government’s independent adviser on antisemitism said on Monday that the West Midlands Police (WMP) department “conflated” evidence and…
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Hillary Clinton Warns Youth Being Misled by ‘Totally Made Up’ Narratives About Gaza, Israel
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks on the first day of the 2024 Clinton Global Initiative Meeting at the Hilton Hotel in New York City, US, Sepy. 23, 2024. Photo: MediaPunch/INSTARimages via Reuters Connect Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a stark warning this week, arguing that young Americans are increasingly…
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New York Governor Puts New Holocaust Memorial Project in Motion
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. Photo: Reuters Connect New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday signed legislation to establish a new memorial honoring victims and survivors of the Holocaust that will be constructed inside the Rockefeller Empire State Plaza in Albany. “With the first ever state-sponsored Holocaust Memorial, we are honoring the victims and survivors…
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Carrie Soloway, inspiration for trailblazing trans Jewish protagonist of ‘Transparent,’ dies at 88
(JTA) — Carrie Soloway, a Jewish psychiatrist in Chicago whose late-in-life coming out as a transgender woman formed the basis for her children’s hit Amazon TV series “Transparent,” died Nov. 21 at the age of 88. Her death was announced this week on social media by Soloway’s children, Joey and Faith, who wrote she passed…
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Why IDF soldiers’ official headshots only show their backs
The Israel Defense Forces official website features headshots of its service members — but their faces don’t appear in them. Instead, the portraits capture only the backs of soldiers’ heads. The unusual presentation is no accident. In January, the IDF restricted soldiers at the rank of colonel and below from displaying their full names or…
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Mamdani draws lines around how Jews should use ‘sacred spaces’
After protesters hounded people entering an event promoting immigration to Israel at Park East Synagogue in Manhattan last month, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani condemned the demonstration — with a notable caveat. “He believes every New Yorker should be free to enter a house of worship without intimidation,” Dora Pekec, Mamdani’s spokesperson, said in a statement. “And…
