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Trump names fellow real estate mogul Steve Witkoff as Middle East envoy

Witkoff, who is Jewish and who has been friends with Trump since the 1980s when he bought Trump a sandwich after they worked on a real estate transaction, has no Middle East diplomatic experience.

Federal judge temporarily blocks Louisiana’s law requiring classrooms to display Ten Commandments

The ruling is a victory for Jewish families who joined a lawsuit challenging the law.

Trump taps Mike Huckabee, evangelical favorite, to be ambassador to Israel

If confirmed, Huckabee would be the first non-Jew to fill the role in 13 years.

Politics

Trump taps Iran hawks Marco Rubio, Mike Waltz for top national security roles

Masked men waving Nazi flags outside at night

United States

Demonstrators with Nazi flags target a Michigan production of ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’

Teen Fellowship

These new klezmer musicians aren’t old enough to drive

United States

House set to vote on bill targeting nonprofits accused of supporting terrorism

New York

Trump picks Lee Zeldin, Jewish former congressman from Long Island, to head EPA

New York

How the NY Public Library acquired a ‘treasure trove’ of Jewish and Yiddish music

Politics

Florida man arrested for targeting Jewish Rep. Jared Moskowitz, who says the suspect was found with an antisemitic manifesto

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