New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani angered some in the mainstream Jewish community with his tribute both to Israelis killed by Hamas attackers in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and to Palestinians killed in the Gaza war that followed. Wednesday “marks three years since the horrific war crimes of October 7. On that day, […]
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Pop star Ed Sheeran expressed sympathy for “centuries of Jewish pain” while calling what is happening in Gaza “catastrophic and unjustifiable” at a largely solo performance before about 50,000 people at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. It was the tour’s first stop since Macklemore was dropped following pro-Palestinian remarks and the display of images from […]
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FARMINGTON HILLS, Michigan — The bishop solemnly walked through the photos and illustrations documenting Nazi-led antisemitic sentiment, aided in several cases by Catholics, that doomed the Jews of Europe. At one point he proudly noted he had befriended the nephew of a prominent Dutch Catholic resistance figure. And when prompted to theorize why one Holocaust […]
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Jon Stewart hosted writer Peter Beinart on “The Daily Show” Monday night, for a conversation in which the two Jewish liberals agreed that the war in Gaza was “horrific” and that Israel bore near exclusive blame for the suffering endured by Palestinians in the 22 months since the Oct. 7 attacks. While the two discussed […]
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As reports and images of hunger surged out of Gaza this week, the American Jewish Committee issued a proclamation on X: “The serious humanitarian situation in Gaza must not be taken lightly,” the group wrote, adding, “Implying that starvation is a legitimate tactic is unacceptable.” The group was responding to a far-right Jewish congressman, Randy […]
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I grew up on stories of exile. My family was forced out of Iraq and Tunisia for being Jewish — homes stolen, communities erased and history rewritten. To this day, too many people insist it was “voluntary migration,” as if nearly a million Jews in Arab lands simply woke up one morning and decided to […]
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For all the millions of words written about Donald Trump’s inexplicable (to his opponents, anyway) political appeal, the simplest explanation may be the way he channels coffee shop banter into actual policy proposals. Too many immigrants? Build a wall. Greenland’s a commodity? Let’s buy it. Gaza is a wasteland? Let’s clear it out — of […]
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Itzik Weksler is an experienced fitness trainer, operating studios in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and specializing in nutrition and physical rehabilitation. A regular fixture of the Jerusalem Winner Marathon, Weksler typically runs alongside his trainees, including Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion. This year, however, is different, as the war with Hamas has left this 41-year-old father […]
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The Israeli government said on Wednesday it has approved the use of Starlink satellite services in an Emirati field hospital in Rafah in the war-battered Gaza Strip and in Israel for the first time. “The Israeli security authorities approved the provision of Starlink services at the UAE’s field hospital operating in Rafah,” the Communications Ministry […]
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Last Wednesday, a soldier who was wounded in the Gaza Strip and was battling a fungal infection died of his wounds at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer. Fungi from the genus Fusarium cause a wide range of infections in the human body. In patients who suffer from injuries and are in a state of […]
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