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A planned non-Zionist Jewish school in Boston hopes to ride the momentum of the left

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What I found at the NYC protest on Oct. 7: No room for Jewish grief

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The life of Abraham Zacuto joins two strands of Sephardic history: persecution and exile, and the transmission of knowledge, texts and technologies across borders.

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I made a film about Oct. 7 hostage posters. I was accused of centering ‘whiteness.’

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Georgia Sen. Ossoff says IDF violated laws of war in Gaza, but genocide is an issue for international courts

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Is Israel or Iran a bigger threat to the US? Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed won’t say

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Chicago Jewish theater drops Naomi Ragen play, citing fears of repercussions for working with the Israeli writer

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They survived Oct. 7. At Rock Camp, they found a way to feel alive again.

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Chef Alon Shaya shares the stories, resilience and recipes of World War II survivors

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Mamdani says he was ‘proud to attend’ Oct. 7 vigil where protesters called him a ‘traitor’

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Protesters overrun Oct. 7 Israeli peace vigil attended by Mamdani

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Mamdani angers Jewish groups by calling Israel’s actions in Gaza ‘genocide’ in Oct. 7 comments

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The World of Sholem Aleichem

5 Tuesdays from Oct. 13 – Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. ET

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An Ambivalent Welcome: Anti-Judaism in Early America with Professor Pamela Nadell

Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 6 p.m. ET

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Europe sees fragmented pro-Palestinian protests three years after Oct. 7

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In Britain, ‘Jewish Greens’ chief mulls quitting party after ‘Zionism is Racism’ motion passes

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Antisemitic flyers found in the Ontario neighborhood where a man fired near a synagogue on Yom Kippur

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