WASHINGTON — A poll commissioned by a Jewish affiliate of the Democratic Party shows Vice President Kamala Harris garnering 71% of the Jewish vote in the seven swing states likely to decide the election. The poll released Wednesday by the Jewish Democratic Council of America and conducted from Sept. 26-Oct. 2 showed Donald Trump getting […]
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Following are the complete remarks given by Premier Wab Kinew at the Asper Campus on October 8: As we mark this sombre anniversary, I express my solidarity with you, as does our government. We recognize the sharp rise in anti-Semitism here in Manitoba, where threats to places of worship, community centres, and campuses have left […]
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ANN ARBOR, Michigan — A suspect has been arrested in the armed robbery of a University of Michigan rabbi’s home on the first night of Rosh Hashanah. Police in the Detroit suburb of Southfield announced Monday that they had arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with the incident, which they described as a run-of-the-mill home […]
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WASHINGTON — The father of a hostage held in the Gaza Strip marked the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ invasion of Israel by decrying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a speech to American Jews. Jonathan Dekel-Chen, whose son Sagui was captured by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023, delivered the speech at an American Jewish […]
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The Minneapolis Police Department on Friday arrested a 21-year-old man for making “terroristic threats” against a local synagogue on Rosh Hashanah, three weeks after the man allegedly threatened to “shoot up” the synagogue. Jaden LeBlanc’s arrest occurred a day after a member of Temple Israel’s security team reported spotting a man with a gun outside […]
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WASHINGTON — Jewish government officials are being targeted with antisemitic attacks in a misinformation blitz hampering efforts to get critical information out to victims of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer and Jaclyn Rothenberg, the spokeswoman for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, have been the […]
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A teacher at a Jewish school in Baltimore has been sentenced to 23 years in federal prison for sex crimes. William “Zev” Steen, 46, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child, a felony, in the U.S. District Court of Maryland. He was sentenced on Monday. Steen, who taught students at Bnos Yisroel of Baltimore, […]
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Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz both expressed unstinting support for Israel during a vice presidential debate that took place just after Israel came under Iranian assault. But the two men tussled over whether Donald Trump, the former president who is the Republican presidential nominee, would be as reliable a steward of […]
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The University of Maryland must allow a pro-Palestinian student group to hold a campus rally on the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks after revoking its permit to do so, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte was a rebuke to Jewish and pro-Israel groups at the […]
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A man who attempted to murder two Jews leaving synagogue in Los Angeles on consecutive days last year has been sentenced to 35 years in prison. Jaime Tran, 30, a former California resident and dental student, pleaded guilty in June to two counts of hate crimes with intent to kill and two counts of “using, […]
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