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• Protesters disrupt Jewish reception at Chicago gay conference

  January 23, 2016 7:15pm

  (JTA) — Hundreds of protesters sought to disrupt a reception for Jewish participants at a gay activism conference in Chicago. Chanting “Hey hey, ho ho, pinkwashing has got to go,” the protesters streamed through the Hilton Chicago on Friday night toward the reception hosted by A Wider Bridge, a Jewish LGBTQ organization that seeks to build ties…

• ‘Son of Saul’ nominated for best foreign language Oscar

  January 14, 2016 8:59am

  Fresh off its Golden Globe win, the Hungarian Holocaust drama was named to the shortlist in a Los Angeles ceremony.

• Noted academics launch effort to counter anti-Israel sentiments on campus

  December 22, 2015 5:15pm

  The network is preparing a manual for university administrators addressing threats to academic freedom posed by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.

• Israel’s US envoy sends holiday gifts produced in settlements

  December 22, 2015 5:11pm

  Ron Dermer said he chose items from the West Bank and Golan Heights to strike back at the “fanatics and fools” who support boycotting Israel.

• Itzhak Perlman named winner of 2016 Genesis Prize

  December 14, 2015 8:49am

  The 70-year-old violin virtuoso joins former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the actor Michael Douglas as recipients of the annual $1 million prize that has been dubbed the “Jewish Nobel.”

• Slain messianic Jew had argued Islam, Israel with San Bernardino shooter

  December 4, 2015 11:40am

  Nicholas Thalasinos, the Messianic Jew killed in the shooting spree in San Bernardino, reportedly argued with his alleged killer about whether Islam was a religion of peace.

• Austrian official cancels Israel trip over eastern Jerusalem meeting site

  December 4, 2015 9:50am

  Reinhold Mitterlehner reportedly cancelled a four-day trip to Israel because an Israeli minister was due to host him at his office in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.

• Israel says it is still gathering evidence in Duma attack

  December 4, 2015 9:27am

  Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said Friday that investigators were still collecting evidence about the July attack, in which a Palestinian boy and his parents were killed.

• 4 Israelis wounded in 3 West Bank attacks

  December 4, 2015 9:12am

  The Israeli victims were all soldiers.

• Virginia imam says mosque got threatening call from ‘Jewish group’

  December 4, 2015 7:41am

  According to the leader of the Manassas Mosque, a voice message from someone claiming to be part of a Jewish group threatened to kill Muslims if any victims of the California shooting turned out to be Jewish.