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On 01/22

No, Twitter did not suspend Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader
On 01/22

Nazi memorabilia at Paraguay art fair prompts Jewish watchdog to call for new law
On 01/22

City of Antwerp invites residents of heavily Jewish neighborhoods for COVID-19 testing
On 01/22

This Orthodox rabbi stopped praying for the president when Trump was elected. This week, he’s starting again.
On 01/22

COVID-19 comment spurs an anti-Semitism complaint filed against head of Belgium’s Jew-mocking Aalst carnival
On 01/22

Israel boycott activists to teach on anti-Semitism at international social justice summit

Larry King, legendary Jewish TV interviewer, dies at 87

The talk show host born Lawrence Zeiger was known for his decades of friendly interviews and trademark suspenders. He had been hospitalized with COVID-19.

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All the Jews Joe Biden has tapped for top roles in his administration

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Sports

Hawaiian-Jewish surfer Makua Rothman may have ridden the largest wave of all time

Politics

Biden names Massachusetts transportation secretary Steph Pollack to senior roads post

Politics

Biden names Jessica Rosenworcel, a net neutrality champion, as acting FCC chair

Police officers carry a protester away during raid on a Jerusalem yeshiva that remained open in violation of COVID-19 restrictions on January 19, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel

7 Israeli police officers injured in clashes with Orthodox protesters over COVID-19 restrictions

By Sam Sokol January 22, 2021 1:04 pm

Politics

Hasidic boys’ choir sings tribute to Donald Trump

By Shira Hanau January 22, 2021 11:18 am

Abdelkader Benali gives an interview in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on May 14, 2011. (Wikimedia Commons)

Global

Author who railed against Jews quits as speaker for Dutch Holocaust commemoration following storm of criticism

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 22, 2021 11:06 am

OPINION

Opinion

What spending my summers with sick children taught me about healing together despite our differences

Opinion

Roberta Kaplan is crushing white supremacists in court — and she wants America to start taking them more seriously

Opinion

Secular Israelis are obsessed with traditional Judaism. Micah Goodman helps explain why.

Politics

Chuck Schumer is now the highest-ranking elected Jewish official ever. He wants to make more history.

By Gabe Friedman January 21, 2021 4:20 pm

Reporter's Notebook Politics

Joe Biden’s inauguration was replete with anxiety, and a lot of it was Jewish

By Ron Kampeas January 21, 2021 3:56 pm

Israel

Israelis are bending the rules to get COVID-19 vaccines — and nurses are helping them do it

By Sam Sokol January 21, 2021 3:12 pm

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Larry King, legendary Jewish TV interviewer, dies at 87

All the Jews Joe Biden has tapped for top roles in his administration

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Hawaiian-Jewish surfer Makua Rothman may have ridden the largest wave of all time

Biden names Massachusetts transportation secretary Steph Pollack to senior roads post

Biden names Jessica Rosenworcel, a net neutrality champion, as acting FCC chair

7 Israeli police officers injured in clashes with Orthodox protesters over COVID-19 restrictions

Hasidic boys’ choir sings tribute to Donald Trump

Author who railed against Jews quits as speaker for Dutch Holocaust commemoration following storm of criticism

OPINION

What spending my summers with sick children taught me about healing together despite our differences

Roberta Kaplan is crushing white supremacists in court — and she wants America to start taking them more seriously

Secular Israelis are obsessed with traditional Judaism. Micah Goodman helps explain why.

Chuck Schumer is now the highest-ranking elected Jewish official ever. He wants to make more history.

Joe Biden’s inauguration was replete with anxiety, and a lot of it was Jewish

Israelis are bending the rules to get COVID-19 vaccines — and nurses are helping them do it

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Reform Temple Bombed in Atlanta; Eisenhower Expresses Grave Concern

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