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Fast Forward Will Scharf, co-founder of ‘Jews Against Soros,’ is Trump’s new White House staff secretary
Scharf faced antisemitic attacks during his failed run for Missouri attorney general
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Despite missiles and an evacuation order, the spit is still turning at this northern Israel shawarma shop
They were supposed to leave, and the missiles keep landing, but Baguette Shlomi in Kiryat Shmona, Israel, remains open
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‘Jewish enough to be murdered,’ but not buried in a Jewish cemetery
The rabbis in charge do not consider some victims of Oct. 7 Jewish — even though their families do
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Why did this Mormon drive 10 hours to buy whiskey? To help out a Jewish friend for Passover
It was the first time he acquired whiskey, normally forbidden for Latter-day Saints
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100+ arrested in day of unrest and mass protest at Columbia University over Gaza and Israel
The mass demonstration at New York City’s Ivy League school and its aftermath represented an escalation after months of tensions over the war
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Six months into war, Israeli soldiers still count on donations for basic supplies. Why?
Since Oct. 7, fundraising appeals for Israeli soldiers have brought in more than $1 billion
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Cancellations skyrocket for Passover trips to, from and within Israel
‘My mum is terribly disappointed,’ said one British traveler scared off by Iran’s weekend attack
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Empty chairs, mirrors and pomegranates: How Jews are bringing the Israel-Hamas war to their seder tables this Passover
Many of this year’s additions focus on women and Hamas’ reported sexual abuses on Oct. 7 and since
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Columbia’s president, at House hearing, says university could do more to fight antisemitism
Nemat Shafik also condemned “calls for the genocide of Jews"
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What to know as Columbia U president Nemat Shafik testifies to Congress about antisemitism on her campus
The hearing follows an explosive one in December that ultimately cost two Ivy League university presidents their jobs
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‘His last name was Bernstein’: Exchange over yarmulke brings antisemitism into focus in murder trial
Was Blaze Bernstein's death an anti-gay murder, an antisemitic murder, or both?
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She managed a university Holocaust center. Now she says incivility on Israel drove her to a Catholic school.
An administrator at Clark University in Massachusetts quits after hecklers protest her participation in a program featuring an Israeli reservist
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