Biden commutes most federal death sentences but leaves Tree of Life shooter on death row
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro called last year for the abolishment of the death penalty even for those committing the most heinous crimes
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2 Bay Area House reps face class-action suit for supporting Israel aid
The lawsuit is the latest example of how debates over Israel and Gaza have moved to the courts since the outbreak of the war
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JD Vance appears to defend Germany’s far-right AfD party
Vance seemed to back the flagship policy of a party that has unsettled Germany’s Jews
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Guatemalan authorities take 160 minors from extremist Lev Tahor sect after abuse allegations
The law enforcement raid on Friday is the latest legal action against the group, which is often described as a cult
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Department of Ed resolves Title VI antisemitism complaints against 5 U of California campuses, U of Cincinnati
The civil rights agreements come as Donald Trump has suggested eliminating the Education Department, which could transfer responsibility for Title VI
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Israel investigating suspected settler attack on West Bank mosque
No one was injured in the incident.
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Toronto Jewish girls’ school targeted by gunfire for 3rd time this year
No one was injured in the incident, which occurred overnight.
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Rebecca Makkai, whose grandfather drafted a Nazi-era antisemitic law, is writing a novel about the rise of fascism
The author of “The Great Believers” has joined in an effort to fight antisemitism and also publicly criticized Israel
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Elon Musk endorses far-right German party: ‘Only the AfD can save Germany’
Musk, who spent hundreds of millions on Trump’s bid to return to the White House, is poised to take a leading role in reshaping the U.S. government
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GOP-led congressional report on campus antisemitism recommends cutting funds to universities that boycott Israel
The report said that protections extended to Jewish students must apply when Zionists are named as the targets of exclusion or harassment
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Vladimir Putin accuses ‘ethnic Jews’ of tearing apart the Russian Orthodox Church
Critics of Putin decried the statement as antisemitic, noting parallels to Soviet state antisemitism under Josef Stalin
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