President Donald Trump said he canceled at the last minute a planned joint assault with Israel on Iran’s energy infrastructure at the behest of “Middle Eastern Countries,” which feared the war blowing up into a wider conflict. The U.S. alerts over the weekend warning citizens to evacuate the Middle East and then Trump’s announcement late […]
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Every congregational rabbi in Maine has signed onto a statement calling for peace and urging the state’s political leaders to stop using the term “genocide” to describe Israel’s war in Gaza, following a Democratic primary in which several candidates used the label for the first time. But the rabbis also indicated that they, too, were […]
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Israel has rejected a Gaza peace plan advanced with much fanfare by President Donald Trump, saying it did not adequately address disarmament by Hamas. “There will be no Israeli withdrawal,” an unnamed “diplomatic official” said in a statement issued in Hebrew to Israeli reporters. The rejection has spurred blistering expressions of anger by unnamed U.S. […]
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Cornell University is condemning viral antisemitic remarks made by an undergraduate student who appeared on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” earlier this week, but the school’s president says no further action is planned against the student. During his appearance, the student, Austin Franco, defended his statement in June that he did not want to work with Jews, […]
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A major fire at one of the largest kosher meat processing plants in the United States is poised to increase the price of kosher meat ahead of the High Holidays, in addition to devastating the plant’s local community. Investigators in Postville, Iowa, said on Wednesday that the fire that devastated AgriStar Processing started accidentally in […]
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A California law to prevent antisemitism in schools will be enforced after a federal judge dismissed a challenge from teachers and students who said it violated free speech. U.S. District Judge Noël Wise on Tuesday ruled against a lawsuit opposing Assembly Bill 715, which went into effect in January. The new law introduces measures to […]
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WASHINGTON – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slipped into the White House through a side door and didn’t get any public face time with President Donald Trump on his visit Tuesday. It was a choreography reminiscent of Netanyahu’s February visit that also lacked the ceremonial handshake followed by a question-and-answer session with reporters. Behind closed […]
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SOUTHFIELD – The two figures standing on the suburban Detroit debate stage vying for the right to battle for Michigan on Capitol Hill were U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and former county health official Abdul El-Sayed. But the dominant topic Monday night wasn’t either of them: it was AIPAC. In Michigan’s closely watched Democratic Senate primary, […]
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The Trump administration has withdrawn a controversial demand for the University of Pennsylvania to produce a list of Jewish employees as part of a larger investigation into alleged employment discrimination at the Ivy League university. The withdrawal ends a round of lawsuits over the legality of such a demand, which alarmed Jewish groups on campus […]
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In the span of a few hours, Hillel International filed, then withdrew, an amicus brief supporting Harvard University in its ongoing legal battle with the Trump administration over campus antisemitism enforcement procedures. A representative for the Hillel parent organization told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency the original 22-page brief filed on Wednesday “was filed without having […]
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