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Israeli left-wing leader Yair Golan doubles down after suggesting Israel ‘kills babies as a hobby’

Golan’s comments have been met with fierce criticism from Israel’s leaders — and agreement from his allies.

Left wing Israeli leader Yair Golan alongside protesters outside the home of U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, December 8, 2024. (Luke Tress)

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Berdychiv was once the ‘Jerusalem of Volhynia.’ Now the Ukrainian city’s tiny Jewish community is struggling.

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Jewish law is clear: We must put religious and moral values ahead of military and tactical objectives

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Two writers offer strikingly different views of the ‘state of the Jews’

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We don’t know much about Leo XIV and the Jews. But he could be just the pope for us.

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Adam Boehler, the U.S. hostage envoy, speaks at the Jerusalem Post conference on May 19, 2025. (Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post)

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US hostage envoy: ‘We’re closer than we ever were’ to a deal with Hamas

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Top BBC sportscaster to exit amid allegations of antisemitism over anti-Israel social media post

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Canada, England and France vow ‘concrete actions’ over Israel’s Gaza war expansion and blockade

Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar speaks at the Jerusalem Post conference on May 19, 2025. (Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post)

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Israeli culture minister: ‘Israel is going to annex land’ in Gaza if Hamas does not cede power

IndyCar driver Robert Shwartzman poses for a group photo with his team after winning the pole award as the fastest qualifier for the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 18, 2025, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Sports

In a first, Israeli rookie Robert Shwartzman wins pole position at Indy 500

United States

Antisemitic fliers thrown from car in Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh

United States

At campus symposium, Jewish panelists push back as billionaire Bill Ackman defends Trump’s feud with Harvard

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Kathy Manning to lead Democratic Majority for Israel board of directors

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This Jewish self-defense class comes with a side of pastrami and pickles

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Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist, could be New York’s next mayor. Here’s how Jews feel about him.

New York

NYC Israel parade draws more than 40,000 celebrants to Fifth Ave.

George Simion, left, during the live electoral debate with Pro-European independent presidential candidate and Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan in Bucharest, Romania, on May 8, 2025.

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Romanian right-wing candidate whose party called the Holocaust a ‘minor topic’ loses presidential election

Israel

Netanyahu says he has ordered ‘basic’ Gaza aid amid widened offensive and starvation concerns

Israel

Israel’s Yuval Raphael comes in 2nd at Eurovision, propelled largely by popular vote

United States

Trump names 4 Orthodox rabbis among advisors of his new Religious Liberty Commission

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Temple Emanu-El

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Explosion at the Maalot school

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Rosh Hashana Synagogue Worshippers Asked to Bring Guns

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