Fred Neulander, rabbi serving life sentence for hiring hit men to kill his wife, dies in prison at 82
His death marks the last chapter in a sordid story that riveted the Philadelphia area and American Jewry.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar ‘enormously proud’ of daughter suspended from Barnard for anti-Israel activity
The NYPD arrested more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University on Thursday after its president called their encampment a violation of university policies
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South Africa’s president rehearsed genocide charge against Israel in meeting with local Jewish leaders
The community took umbrage in feeling that Cyril Ramaphosa treated them as agents of the Israeli government.
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‘I’m ready to leave this campus’: Jewish students at Columbia feel discomfort and isolation following Thursday’s unrest
In the months since Oct. 7, Columbia has at times felt like a battleground as pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian students
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Who is Nemat Shafik, Columbia’s president under fire?
Many accuse Nemat “Minouche” Shafik of exacerbating the turmoil on campus
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US sanctions far-right Israeli activist Bentzi Gopstein and 2 groups in latest round of West Bank penalties
The penalties were the third round of sanctions the State Department has levied against far-right Israelis in recent months
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrator is removed from Warsaw Ghetto Uprising commemoration in Poland
The protester, who unfurled a Palestinian flag, stood silently during the ceremony to mark the anniversary of the uprising against the Nazis
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Israel reportedly strikes in Iran, days after fending off Iranian missile attack
'To respond to their possible action, we have fingers on the trigger,' an Iranian military commander said Thursday
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Police arrest son of prominent DC-area rabbi after alleged altercation with protesters outside Israeli Embassy
An arrest sheet said Ezra Weinblatt told police “what [protesters] were doing is illegal and annoying"
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Kyiv Jewish school for model Passover seder
“Many in Ukraine and Israel will celebrate Passover, the holiday of freedom, in shelters,” Zelenskyy said
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Survey: Jews feel close to Israel; its government, not so much
The new survey also found that 72% agreed that Israel, in general, made them proud to be Jewish, while 23% did not feel that way
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