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Hundreds Attend Elie Tahari Runway Show in Miami Honoring Female IDF Soldiers, Hosted at Catholic University
Elie Tahari, right, with wounded IDF solider Dvorah Lea Bart. Photo: Provided Eight hundred people attended a fashion show on Thursday night in Miami by renowned Israeli fashion designer Elie Tahari that honored female soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and supported Tahari’s new initiative to provide clothing for wounded IDF veterans. The runway…
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Brandeis Center Seeks Anonymity for Jewish Victim in Antisemitism Lawsuit
Illustrative: A detained anti-Israel demonstrator on July 19, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Isabel Infantes The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law has asked a US federal court to allow a whistleblower of antisemitism at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) to pursue her lawsuit anonymously and avoid acts of retaliation which may await those…
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One lesson of NYC’s mayoral election: Rabbis’ political endorsements come with a cost
The Book of Exodus begins with a sudden shift in fortunes. Joseph, the Jewish leader who rose to power in Pharaoh’s court, dies. The Pharaoh who favored him dies. And then: “A new king arose who did not know Joseph.” What follows is not just a story of oppression and liberation; it’s a reminder that…
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Iranian Plot to Kill Israel’s Ambassador to Mexico Contained, US Official Says
Commanders and members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps meet with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, Aug. 17, 2023. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps plotted to assassinate Israel’s ambassador to Mexico starting late last year, but the effort was contained and there is no current threat,…
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‘Fifty or Sixty People in a Single Street’: Witnesses Describe Civilian Killings in Sudan’s Al-Fashir
A woman from El Fasher prays surrounded by displaced women, in a camp in Al-Dabbah, Sudan, Nov. 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig Civilians in al–Fashir were shot in the streets, targeted in drone strikes, and crushed by trucks, witnesses to the first days of the RSF’s takeover described to Reuters, providing a glimpse into the violent capture…
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Did crypto-Jews invent the modern tarot deck?
Imagine you were a Jewish converso, secretly living in Italy or France after King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella had expelled your family from Spain. You could not affix a mezuzah to your door or light Shabbat candles. If you were caught avoiding treyf, or if you were a male converso and someone discovered you were…
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Nearly 100 People Abducted or Disappeared in Syria Since January, says UN
Smoke rises while Syrian security forces sit in the back of a truck as Syrian troops entered the predominantly Druze city of Sweida on Tuesday following two days of clashes, in Sweida, Syria July 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Karam al-Masri Nearly 100 people have been recorded as abducted or disappeared in Syria since the start of the year, with reports of new enforced disappearances continuing, the…
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Four Arrested After Protesters Disrupt Israeli Concert in Paris
A side view of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Four people were arrested after protesters used flares to disrupt a concert by the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra in Paris on Thursday night, the latest in a wave of anti-Israel incidents linked to the Gaza conflict, French officials said on Friday. In footage posted on social media, protesters were seen lighting flares and chanting pro-Palestinian slogans in La Philharmonie concert hall…
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Turkey Preparing Law to Let PKK Fighters Return Under Peace Plan
A portrait of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan and a sign with the words “Serok Apo,” are displayed on a hillside in the Qandil mountains, Iraq, Oct. 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani Turkey is preparing a law to let thousands of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters and civilians return home from hideouts in northern Iraq under negotiations to end generations of war. A…
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Media Amnesia: Zohran Mamdani’s Extremism Forgotten as Pro-BDS Socialist Wins New York City Mayoral Race
Democratic candidate for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani reacts after winning the 2025 New York City Mayoral race, at an election night rally in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, US, Nov. 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Jeenah Moon The clean-up has begun. As votes rolled in and it became clear that Democratic…
