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Iraqis Vote in Election They Expect to Bring Little Reform
Election workers at a polling station, after the polls are closed for the parliamentary election, in Sulaimaniya, Iraq, Nov. 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ari Jalal Iraqis voted in parliamentary elections on Tuesday in which Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani was seeking a second term but many disillusioned young voters saw it as a vehicle for established parties to divide…
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How Donald Trump and JD Vance Should Respond to Rising Antisemitism
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation accompanied by U.S. Vice President JD Vance, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. June 21, 2025. Photo: Carlos Barria via Reuters Connect. An irony of the Trump administration is that it…
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To Combat Iran’s Assassination Attempts, the US Must Project Strength
Iranians take to the streets during nationwide rallies on Nov. 4, 2025, marking the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the US embassy by waving flags and chanting “death to America” and “death to Israel.” Photo: Screenshot “It is highly relevant that this was a cross-border crime,” declared US Federal judge Colleen McMahon, regarding an…
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Few Jews, many aliens: Inside Roswell’s vanishing Jewish community
(JTA) — ROSWELL, New Mexico — If it weren’t for an Ashkenazi Jew named Stanton T. Friedman, the world might have long ago forgotten what’s come to be known simply as the “Roswell incident.” Instead, countless books, documentaries and made-for-TV dramas have explored the 1947 discovery of mysterious materials found on a New Mexico ranch…
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When Zionism was maligned at the UN, he fought for truth — what would he say today?
Ask most New Yorkers today, and they will tell you that “Moynihan” is the name of a grand, elegant train hall on the West Side. But the real Daniel Patrick Moynihan made his greatest mark across town, on the East Side, at the United Nations headquarters. There, 50 years ago this week, the United Nations…
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Vatican investigates Swiss Guard for alleged spitting gesture at Jewish women
(JTA) — The Vatican is investigating a member of its Swiss Guards, who protect the pope, for allegedly making a spitting gesture at two Jewish women. The women were part of an international Jewish delegation attending a conference with Pope Leo XIV on Oct. 29. The event marked the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the…
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Roswell, New Mexico, is rife with UFOs, scorpions and conspiracy theories — but few Jews
ROSWELL, New Mexico — If it weren’t for an Ashkenazi Jew named Stanton T. Friedman, the world might have long ago forgotten what’s come to be known simply as the “Roswell incident.” Instead, countless books, documentaries and made-for-TV dramas have explored the 1947 discovery of mysterious materials found on a New Mexico ranch that Friedman…
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Vatican investigates Swiss Guard for alleged spitting gesture at Jewish women
The Vatican is investigating a member of its Swiss Guards, who protect the pope, for allegedly making a spitting gesture at two Jewish women. The women were part of an international Jewish delegation attending a conference with Pope Leo XIV on Oct. 29. The event marked the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the landmark 1965…
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Texas man charged with making antisemitic death threats to Jewish conservative pundits
(JTA) — A Texas man was arrested last week in Florida after he allegedly launched a volley of antisemitic death threats against several prominent conservative activists. Nicholas Lyn Ray, 28, of Spring, Texas, allegedly made his threats between Oct. 8 and Oct. 10 on an X account named “@zionistarescum,” according to an arrest affidavit. His…
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I spoke out against Mamdani. Then he won. Here’s how we walk forward together
Zohran Mamdani will become the 111th mayor of New York City. While the electoral outcome is not what I hoped for, I wish Mayor-elect Mamdani and his administration every success in leading this city we love. As the prophet Jeremiah instructed the Jews of his time, “Seek the peace of the city . . . for in…
