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British Jewish Leaders Call for Comprehensive Gov’t Strategy on Antisemitism Following Deadly Yom Kippur Attack
People react near the scene, after an attack in which a car was driven at pedestrians and stabbings were reported at a synagogue in north Manchester, Britain, on Yom Kippur, Oct. 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Phil Noble Following the deadly Yom Kippur terrorist attack in Manchester earlier this month, Jewish leaders in Britain are calling on…
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New York’s Met Museum Sued for Selling Van Gogh Painting Allegedly Looted by Nazis From Jewish Couple
View of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Met, founded in 1870, the largest art museum in the Americas, New York City. Photo: IMAGO/robertharding via Reuters Connect The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is being sued for selling a Vincent van Gogh painting that was allegedly seized by the Nazis from a…
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Germany Allocates More Than $1 Billion in Home Care for Holocaust Survivors Globally
Negotiations between the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and the German government, held this year in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Claims Conference Germany has agreed to allocate more than $1 billion for home care for Holocaust survivors around the world in 2026, a nonprofit organization that negotiates and secures compensation for survivors of the…
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Turkey’s Eurofighter Typhoon Jet Deal With UK Includes Weapons Package, Source Says
A Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet flies vertically over a beach during an airshow in Torre del Mar, southern Spain, July 31, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/Jon Nazca Turkey’s deal to buy 20 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets from Britain for 8 billion pounds ($10.7 billion) also includes a comprehensive weapons package, including MBDA Meteor air-to-air missiles and Brimstone ground attack missiles, a person familiar with the matter told…
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Israel Says It Conducted Targeted Strike in Northern Gaza, Will Uphold Truce
Israeli military personnel operate on the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, on the day the Israeli military said it had resumed enforcing the Gaza ceasefire agreement after a series of strikes across the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Oct. 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad The Israeli military said on Wednesday it conducted a “targeted” strike…
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Rabbi Alvin Kass, longest-serving NYPD chaplain famed for 9/11 response, dies at 89
(JTA) — Less than a week after rushing to Ground Zero as a police chaplain on 9/11, Rabbi Alvin Kass led Rosh Hashanah services — not only for his Brooklyn congregation but at a makeshift synagogue at LaGuardia Airport for emergency responders who had flooded into New York City after the terrorist attacks. “It was,”…
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You Can’t Promote Hate Against the Majority of the World’s Jews and Just Call It Politics
“Show Your Jewish Pride” rally at George Washington University G Street Park on May 2, 2024. Photo: Dion J. Pierre The recent decision by the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice v. MIT has been widely mischaracterized as a judicial declaration that “anti-Zionism is not antisemitism.” It…
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Israel’s Humanitarian Mission: Saving Lives Across Borders
IsraAID teams respond to Typhoon Mangkhut in September 2018. Photo: IsraAID. Israel is often portrayed in the media as a nation defined by conflict and controversy — but this narrative overlooks an equally important reality: a country deeply committed to humanitarian aid and medical care, including for Palestinians. Contrary to widespread accusations of apartheid or…
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New Film Tells a Powerful Story of Teenage Resistance to Hitler
The arrest photos of Helmuth Hubener. While students of the Holocaust may know about Sophie Scholl’s defiance of Hitler, which resulted in her execution, Helmuth Hubener is less known. A new film called Truth & Treason shows the improbable path of Hubener, who risked his life by listening to the BBC and leaving cards/pamphlets in…
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From Al-Shifa to the Tunnels: The BBC’s Two-Year Cover-Up of Hamas’ War Tactics
The BBC logo is seen at the entrance at Broadcasting House, the BBC headquarters in central London. Photo by Vuk Valcic / SOPA Images/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect For the past two years, Israel has been fighting a terrorist organization that has employed guerrilla methods of warfare. From turning hospitals into command centers, to exploiting UNRWA facilities,…
