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Benjamin Rothschild, prominent French member of the banking family, dies at 57
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Sylvain Sylvain, Jewish guitarist for the influential band New York Dolls, has died at 69
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In rapper Flo Milli’s new single, samples of Zero Mostel’s ‘If I Were a Rich Man’
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Right-wing Twitter accounts say Aaron Mostofsky was a left-wing agitator despite lack of evidence
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Nancy Pelosi says ‘punk’ with Auschwitz T-shirt helped spur her review of deadly Capitol raid

An AEPi executive is involved in a group that took part in the pro-Trump DC rally. He has no regrets.

Andrew Borans, CEO of the AEPi Foundation, said he had no comment on the rally and storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Andrew Borans is the CEO of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation and the former executive director of the fraternity. (Screen shot from YouTube)

United States

Neo-Nazis, QAnon and Camp Auschwitz: A guide to the hate symbols and signs on display at the Capitol riots

US

Culture

For the first time, a Jew of color will lead pathbreaking diversity group Be’chol Lashon

Obituaries

Phil Spector, rock legend and convicted murderer, dies at 81

United States

Morocco becomes the second Arab country to promote combating anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism

United States

‘There was something holy about this space’: Meet a rabbi who’s been stationed at the US Capitol

By Philissa Cramer January 15, 2021 3:51 pm

Actor Nahuel Perez Biscayart portrays a Jewish inmate at a concentration camp during filming in Belarus of the film 'Persian Lessons' in 2019. (Courtesy of HyperFilms)

Culture

In this original Holocaust film, a Jewish inmate makes up a language to survive

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 15, 2021 2:23 pm

OPINION

Opinion

I didn’t realize I was Jewish until adulthood. Family recipes helped me discover my hidden Sephardic history.

Opinion

We don’t have adequate tools to combat domestic terrorism. Biden should change that.

Opinion

As a Mexican Jew, I was terrified to be in DC during the riots — but I won’t let those bigots win by leaving this country

Global

The IHRA definition of anti-Semitism and why people are fighting over it, explained

By Ben Sales January 15, 2021 12:26 pm

Judges deliberate at the trials of Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg, Germany on Jan. 1, 1945. (The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)

Culture

Complete Nuremberg Trials recordings online for the first time

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 15, 2021 11:48 am

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An AEPi executive is involved in a group that took part in the pro-Trump DC rally. He has no regrets.

Neo-Nazis, QAnon and Camp Auschwitz: A guide to the hate symbols and signs on display at the Capitol riots

US

For the first time, a Jew of color will lead pathbreaking diversity group Be’chol Lashon

Phil Spector, rock legend and convicted murderer, dies at 81

Morocco becomes the second Arab country to promote combating anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism

‘There was something holy about this space’: Meet a rabbi who’s been stationed at the US Capitol

In this original Holocaust film, a Jewish inmate makes up a language to survive

OPINION

I didn’t realize I was Jewish until adulthood. Family recipes helped me discover my hidden Sephardic history.

We don’t have adequate tools to combat domestic terrorism. Biden should change that.

As a Mexican Jew, I was terrified to be in DC during the riots — but I won’t let those bigots win by leaving this country

The IHRA definition of anti-Semitism and why people are fighting over it, explained

Complete Nuremberg Trials recordings online for the first time

From the Archives

Police Crack Down on Protests Against Neo-Nazis in Germany

Conference of Jews from Liberated Camps Held in Beer Hall Where Hitler Putsch Began

No Anti-Semitic Riots in Warsaw During First Two Days of Pilsudski Coup, J.t.a. Correspondent Cables

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