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Cornell Newspaper Publishes Nazi Symbol in Anti-Israel Essay
Illustrative Cornell University cleaning anti-Zionist graffiti off a statue of the school’s co-founder on January 21, 2025. Photo: Screenshot Cornell University took center stage in another campus antisemitism outrage on Thursday, as its student newspaper published an anti-Zionist opinion piece which promoted Holocaust inversion by melding a Nazi symbol with the Star of David. The…
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Rep. Seth Moulton Silent on Reported Qatar Funding Amid Outrage Over Returning AIPAC Donations
US Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) speaking at a press conference at the US Capitol. Photo: Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect US Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) has refused to answer whether he would forgo funding from Qatar days after he announced he would no longer accept financial assistance from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee…
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ADL Releases Report Revealing High Failure Rates for Generative AI Video Apps to Block Antisemitic Prompts
Screenshots taken on October 23, 2025 of three Sora videos created by user “Pablo Deskobar.” On Friday, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) published new research from its Center on Technology and Society (CTS) investigating outputs from artificial intelligence-powered video generating programs. Analysts found that “at least 40 percent of the time” the programs would generate responses…
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12-Year-Old Jewish Boy Brutally Attacked in Vienna, Mother Says School Ignored Pattern of Antisemitic Harassment
A pro-Hamas demonstration in Vienna. Photo: Reuters/Andreas Stroh Austrian police have launched an investigation after a 12-year-old Jewish boy was brutally attacked by a group of classmates on his way home from school in Vienna, sparking outrage within the country’s Jewish community and renewed calls for swift action against rising antisemitism. On Tuesday, the boy…
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Advocates decry ‘pogrom on the playground’ after Jewish children targeted in Chicago suburb on Oct. 7
(JTA) — A heavily Jewish suburb of Chicago has condemned antisemitism after an investigation confirmed reports that a group of Jewish children were attacked with pellet guns and subjected to antisemitic rhetoric in a public park earlier this month. The incident took place on Oct. 7, the first day of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot…
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Free advanced Yiddish language program in Romania
אין פֿעברואַר 2026 וועט מען אין קלויזענבערג, רומעניע, דורכפֿירן אַן אינטענסיווע ייִדישע שפּראַכפּראָגראַם פֿאַר אַוואַנסירטע ייִדיש־סטודענטן און פֿליסיקע ייִדיש־רעדער. די פּראָגראַם קאָסט אין גאַנצן נישט קיין געלט. די פּראָגראַם, וואָס איר אפֿיציעלער נאָמען איז „די אַוואַניסרטע ייִדיש־ווינטער־שול“, וועט פֿאָרקומען אינעם באַבעש־בויעי אוניווערסיטעט. די טעמע פֿון דער פּראָגראַם, וואָס וועט געפֿירט ווערן אין גאַנצן אויף ייִדיש,…
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Netanyahu and far-right ministers do damage control on West Bank vote and Saudi Arabia comments that angered Trump
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to distance himself Thursday from a Knesset vote that granted preliminary approval to a bill annexing the West Bank, after the measure drew strong condemnation from the White House. At the same time, a far-right Israeli lawmaker apologized after making a dismissive and, some said, offensive comment…
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Katherine Janus Kahn, illustrator of ‘Sammy Spider’ Jewish children’s books, dies at 83
(JTA) — More than 30 years ago, a colorful little eight-legged spider named Sammy made his picture book debut and scurried into the homes of Jewish families across the country. Sammy Spider and his mother live in a house with a young Jewish boy named Josh Shapiro and his family. Starting with “Sammy Spider’s First…
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Why God Is Offering Us an Olive Branch Today
A Torah scroll. Photo: RabbiSacks.org. In “Anthem,” a song from his 1992 album The Future, Leonard Cohen sang: “There is a crack, a crack in everything — that’s how the light gets in.” Beautiful words, if somewhat haunting. They echo the words uttered decades earlier by another Cohen — the first Chief Rabbi of modern…
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Media Blindness: When Hamas Breaks the Ceasefire and Headlines Blame Israel
The headquarters of The New York Times. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. The Gaza ceasefire almost collapsed this week. It happened because Hamas killed two Israeli soldiers in an area controlled by the IDF, according to the internationally-backed agreement with the terror group. In response, Israel retaliated with air strikes on Hamas targets in the enclave. Yet…
