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London Mayor Sadiq Khan supports plan to build Holocaust memorial near Parliament

He said building the Holocaust memorial next to Parliament would “make a powerful national statement,” but opponents think a different location would be more appropriate.

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Here’s what Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib were going to do on their trip to Israel and the West Bank

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Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, Mass., in 2004. Officials say he hanged himself in his jail cell. (Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)

United States

Jeffrey Epstein died of suicide by hanging, NYC medical examiner rules

Bernie Sanders

United States

Bernie Sanders: Israel shouldn’t take US aid if it bans Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib

Culture

The guys behind the movie ‘Good Boys’ are ready for their close-up

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United States

Rashida Tlaib joins Shabbat service in Detroit park after canceled Israel trip

By Marcy Oster August 18, 2019 8:04 am

From left: Maria-Karnilova, Tanya Everett, Zero Mostel, Julia-Migenes and Joanna Merlin backstage at opening night of "Fiddler on the Roof" at the Imperial Theater in New York City, Sept. 22, 1964. (AP/Courtesy of Roadside Attractions and Samuel Goldwyn Films)

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Documentary shows how ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ made it to the stage

By Curt Schleier August 16, 2019 3:26 pm

Sports

Kevin Pillar settles into a new team and the Jewish baseball spotlight

By Gabe Stutman August 16, 2019 1:56 pm

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Truck drives into row of Jewish protesters at ICE detention center in Rhode Island

A pickup truck drives into a row of Jewish protesters sitting at the entrance to a parking lot outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island on August 14, 2019. (Screenshot from Facebook)

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Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren criticize Israel’s decision to bar Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib

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Opinion

Opinion

Israel was right to ban Reps. Tlaib and Omar, but Trump was wrong to pressure us to do so

Opinion

Banning Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib will turn young American Jews against Israel

Opinion

Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar should be allowed to visit the Palestinian territories, but only if they visit Israel first

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Israel

Rashida Tlaib gets OK to visit her grandmother in Israel, then decides against it

By Gabe Friedman August 16, 2019 10:06 am

French lawmaker Clementine Autain participating at a demonstration in Paris, France on April 19, 2018. (Michel Stoupak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Israel

Israel has been barring lawmakers of friendly nations for years (just not from the US)

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 15, 2019 5:05 pm

Israel

Israel’s ambassador denies Trump pressure was behind decision to ban Tlaib and Omar

By Josefin Dolsten and Ben Sales August 15, 2019 4:54 pm

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