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Senior Austrian Officials Demand Withdrawal From Hosting 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if Israel Banned: Report
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 Senior members of Austria’s…
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The Real Threat Is Within: What a New Survey Reveals About Jewish Communal Life
Jewish Americans and supporters of Israel gather at the National Mall in Washington, DC on Nov. 14, 2023 for the “March for Israel” rally. Photo: Dion J. Pierre/The Algemeiner American Jews are facing a storm of external pressures. The past two years have brought a surge in antisemitism; ugly and sometimes violent protests on campuses;…
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Children with Cancer and Wounded Soldiers Are Treated With Love By Jewish Volunteers
HaKav HaMeached Summer Camp, September 2025: Israeli children living with cancer and rare syndromes together with wounded IDF soldiers visiting New York (Photo: Courtesy). As Miss Israel and Miss World Influencer, I have spent years volunteering with the Israeli camp HaKav HaMeached, which gives children with cancer the chance to step outside of hospital walls…
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Israelis Celebrate Ceasefire to End Gaza War as Cabinet Convenes to Approve Hostage Deal
Einav Zangauker, the mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, reacts holding an Israeli flag with photos of hostages, after US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, at the “Hostages square,” in Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 9, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun US President Donald Trump declared…
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Iran Strengthens Nuclear Ties With Russia as Leaked Files Suggest Fighter Jet Deal Amid UN Sanctions
Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), speaks at the opening of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference at the agency’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Sept. 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Lisa Leutner Facing renewed United Nations sanctions and stalled talks with European powers, Iran is turning to Russia to expand…
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Minneapolis synagogue targeted with antisemitic, pro-Hamas graffiti on Oct. 7 anniversary
Graffiti targeting “zionists” and praising Hamas was spray-painted on the preschool wing of a Minneapolis synagogue on Tuesday night, the second anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman said she was notified by one of Temple Israel’s neighbors about the vandalism. She said her first reaction was outrage and pain.…
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Jewish freelance journalist Emily Wilder is detained as Israeli military intercepts Gaza aid flotilla
(JTA) — Jewish freelance journalist Emily Wilder, reporting for Jewish Currents, a progressive Jewish publication, was detained by the Israeli military on Monday while covering an aid flotilla bound for Gaza. Wilder set sail from Italy last week aboard The Conscious, one of dozens of boats that aimed to reach Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid…
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Jewish groups welcome ceasefire plan as a step toward a ‘lasting regional peace’
(JTA) — Jewish organizations across the ideological spectrum offered cautious optimism following the announcement of the first phase of a Gaza peace agreement, expressing profound relief at the planned return of hostages living and dead and tentative hopes that the plan might lead toward lasting regional peace. As for what such a last peace might…
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Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square is transformed by cautious optimism — and gratitude for Trump
TEL AVIV — The mood at Tel Aviv’s upscale Gindi Fashion Mall was divided between anticipation and disbelief on Thursday afternoon, in the wake of news of a hostage deal that could end the Gaza war and bring the remaining hostages home. At a kiosk across from a Chanel boutique, fruit vendor Amit Bonen said…
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VIDEO: Literature scholar Miriam Trinh on Chaim Grade’s novel ‘Sons and Daughters’
אַ ווידעאָ וווּ מרים טרין, די באַקאַנטע פֿאָרשערין פֿון דער ייִדישער ליטעראַטור, דיסקוטירט חיים גראַדעס ראָמאַן „זין און טעכטער“, איז לעצטנס אַרויסגעלאָזט געוואָרן אויף יוטוב. דער ווידעאָ איז אַ רעקאָרדירונג פֿון אַ לעקציע, וואָס זי האָט געהאַלטן אינעם ייִדישן טעאָלאָגישן סעמינאַר, ניו־יאָרק אין אויגוסט. דער ראָמאַן, וואָס האָט לכתּחילה געהייסן „דאָס אַלטע הויז“, איז געדרוקט…
