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Austria’s Broadcaster Calls Israel ‘An Inseparable Part’ of Eurovision Song Contest
Israel’s representative to the Eurovision Song Contest, Yuval Raphael, a survivor of the deadly Oct. 7 2023, attack by Hamas on the Nova festival in Israel’s south, holds an Israeli flag in this handout photo obtained by Reuters on Jan. 23, 2025. Photo: “The Rising Star,” Channel Keshet 12/Handout via REUTERS Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF)…
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Israel Pushes Lebanon Army to Search More Intrusively for Hezbollah Arms, Sources Say
Smoke rises after Israeli strikes following Israeli military’s evacuation orders, in Tayr Debba, southern Lebanon, Nov. 6, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ali Hankir Israel is pressing Lebanon‘s army to be more aggressive in disarming the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah by searching private homes in the south for weaponry, three Lebanese security officials and two Israeli officials have said. The demand has emerged in recent weeks and…
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Vatican Swiss Guard Member Investigated Over Alleged Antisemitic Incident
Pope Leo XIV arrives to lead the Mass for the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, Oct. 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Yara Nardi The Swiss Guard, the special military unit tasked with protecting the pope, is investigating one of its members after reports of an alleged antisemitic incident last month, the Vatican said on Monday. In media…
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UAE Rules Out Joining Gaza Stabilization Force for Now, Backs Peace Efforts
Aid donated by the UAE for the people of Gaza is stored in a warehouse at the port of Limassol, Cyprus, Nov. 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou The United Arab Emirates does not yet see a clear framework for the proposed international stability force in Gaza and, under the current circumstances, will not take part, a senior Emirati…
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IAEA Inspectors Visited Iranian Nuclear Sites Last Week, Foreign Ministry Says
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi arrives on the opening day of the agency’s quarterly Board of Governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Nov. 20, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Lisa Leutner Inspectors of the UN nuclear watchdog IAEA visited Iranian nuclear sites last week, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, according to state media, a week after the IAEA urged Iran to “seriously improve”…
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The immigrant NYers Zohran Mamdani cherishes all feel warmth for their homelands. Why can’t Jews?
My family was never American; we were New Yorkers. My great-grandparents came from the old country to the Lower East Side as children; they moved to Harlem and to the Bronx and there they raised my grandparents. My grandparents married and moved to Great Neck, which was not yet a Jewish suburb, where my father…
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Cornell inks $60M deal with Trump administration to resolve antisemitism claims
(JTA) — Cornell University will pay $60 million to the Trump administration to resolve ongoing antisemitism investigations and unfreeze $250 million in federal funds, becoming the fourth Ivy League school and fifth overall to strike such a deal. The deal came weeks after another agreement signed by the University of Virginia, and also followed the…
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How the Yonkers-born son of Jewish immigrants became the king of American comedy
When Caesar Was King By David Margolick Schocken, 400 pages $35 His comedic DNA is everywhere — The Dick Van Dyke Show, All in the Family, the riffs and routines of Johnny Carson and Larry David. His writers included Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Neil Simon and Woody Allen. Even so, when author David Margolick interviewed the…
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Israeli Judoka and Olympic Medalist Peter Paltchik Announces Retirement
Paris 2024 Olympics – Judo – Men -100 kg Victory Ceremony – Champ-de-Mars Arena, Paris, France – August 01, 2024. Bronze medallist Peter Paltchik of Israel celebrates on the podium. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Ukrainian-born Israeli judoka and Olympic medalist Peter Paltchik announced his retirement in an online video and emotional press conference on Monday. Paltchik,…
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‘Eid,’ the first Israeli feature directed by a Bedouin, is a heartfelt portrait of an artist
By day, Eid works on a kibbutz, laying bricks and waiting for cement to set. At home, he escapes on Skype, making calls to his beloved in Paris, a married writer and actress, and dreams of one day joining her and producing a play he’s writing. But when his sister gets engaged, he is compelled…
