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For many Israelis this Passover, celebrating the Festival of Freedom feels impossible

“How can we celebrate such a holiday while 133 people are still without their freedom, still waiting to be liberated?”

Fred Neulander, rabbi serving life sentence for hiring hit men to kill his wife, dies in prison at 82

A sordid case of murder and infidelity riveted the Philadelphia area and American Jewry.

An exhibit recreating the Oct. 7 Nova Music Festival massacre arrives in NYC

The Nova Musical Festival exhibition, “October 7th, 06:29AM,” traveled from Israel with updated technology, visual testimonies and tours from survivors.

Politics

South Africa’s president rehearsed genocide charge against Israel in meeting with local Jewish leaders

Global

Pro-Palestinian demonstrator is removed from Warsaw Ghetto Uprising commemoration in Poland

Lehava chairman Benzi Gopstein seen after a court hearing on March 31, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israel

US sanctions far-right Israeli activist Bentzi Gopstein and 2 groups in latest round of West Bank penalties

Israel

Despite missiles and an evacuation order, the spit is still turning at this northern Israel shawarma shop

Global

Israel reportedly strikes in Iran, days after fending off Iranian missile attack

New York

100+ arrested in day of unrest and mass protest at Columbia U over Gaza and Israel

New York

The Upper West Side mourns Tom Weiss, a congressman’s son and ‘master of chesed’

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