World News
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László Krasznahorkai, whose family hid Jewish roots during Holocaust, wins literature Nobel
For decades, Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai has written sentences that seem to stretch to the end of time — long, feverish, unpunctuated meditations on chaos, faith, and collapse. Now, the writer once dubbed “the contemporary master of apocalypse” has received the world’s highest literary honor. On Thursday, the Swedish Academy awarded Krasznahorkai, 71, the Nobel…
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California creates new office to combat antisemitism in public schools, after Newsom signs divisive bill
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Tuesday that creates a new statewide office tasked with rooting out antisemitism in public schools, the first of its kind in the country. Known as AB 715, the measure establishes a state Office of Civil Rights and mandates the appointment of an an antisemitism prevention coordinator, tasked with…
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Should Trump get a Nobel Peace Prize for Gaza?
If the Gaza war is winding down, there will be two clear lessons to be remembered. First, United States pressure and leverage are vitally useful; second, the Israelis and Palestinians cannot be left to their own devices without risking catastrophe, so U.S. engagement will be vital going forward. The deal announced by President Donald Trump…
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How hostage families responded to learning that a ceasefire deal would return their loved ones
(JTA) — When the news broke in Tel Aviv that Israel and Hamas had, at long last, reached a deal that would return their sons, Einav Zangauker and Michael Ilouz embraced. Then Ilouz picked Zangauker up and danced, his unbridled joy commanding his body. It was one of dozens of displays of jubilation captured on…
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Why Trump was able to succeed with a Gaza peace plan where Biden failed
If Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire deal delivers, American Jews and supporters of Israel will get what they have yearned for since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks — the return of the hostages, an end to Palestinian suffering, and a credible plan to remove Hamas as a military and governing force in Gaza. What complicates the…
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Who needs a Reichstag fire when you can just pretend Portland’s burning?
Here in Portland, this supposed city of darkness, happy kids splash around in a fountain next to the sparkling Willamette River, senior citizens practice tai chi in a park, bald eagles and ospreys soar past office building windows, chefs and bakers win national awards, world-class jazz musicians draw locals into clubs, and hiking trails course…
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Jewish women struggling with early menopause due to cancer treatment find new help
Beverly was 41, had two children and was contemplating a third when her first mammogram revealed a lump. Diagnosed with breast cancer, Beverly, who lives in Portland, Oregon, opted for chemotherapy, immunotherapy and a double mastectomy. She knew the chemo would affect her fertility. What she didn’t know was that the type of cancer she…
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The treasures discovered by a group of non-Jews in Lublin
דער פּאָעט יעקבֿ גלאַטשטיין, אַ געבוירענער אין לובלין, פּוילן, האָט געשריבן: לובלין, מײַן הייליקע ייִדישע שטאָט, שטאָט פֿון גרויסן דלות און פֿריילעכע ייִדישע יום־טובֿים… שטאָט פֿון אויפֿגעוואַכטן קלאַסנקאַמף. . . . לובלין, מײַן הייליקע ייִדישע שטאָט פֿון בילדונג־דאָרשטיקע יונגע־לײַט און יונגע מיידלעך, פֿון דעם ערשטן בעז־אַראָמאַט פֿון יונג־העברעיִש און פֿון דער באַטעמטקייט פֿון שטאָלצן ייִדיש.…
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Mamdani’s Oct. 7 statement draws Israeli rebuke, as anniversary bares divides among NYC mayoral candidates
(JTA) — In New York City, the second anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel fell against the backdrop of a mayoral election that brought Israel and Gaza to the fore of local politics. Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee and frontrunner, attended a vigil hosted by Israelis for Peace in Union Square on the…
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Donald Trump wants the Nobel Peace Prize. Some Israelis and Jews say he should get it.
For anyone who has been living in a state of suspended animation since the Oct. 7 attack when Hamas took hundreds of hostages from Israel, the timing of the announcement on Wednesday that a deal had been reached for their release at the two-year mark could not have been more resonant. But the timing has…
