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Left wing Israeli leader Yair Golan alongside protesters outside the home of U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, December 8, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Israel’s Labor and Meretz parties merge into new left-wing alliance called the Democrats

The new party is the latest attempt to stem the more than 20-year decline of the Israeli left.

French far-right National Rally party leader Marine Le Pen (left) speaks as party President Jordan Bardella stands to her side in Paris, on June 9, 2024. (Julien De Rosa / AFP)

Far-right party with antisemitic roots projected to lead after first round of French vote

Projections of Sunday’s vote showed that National Rally, led by Marine Le Pen, got some 34% of the vote, followed by a coalition of left-wing parties, which got 29%. President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party, Renaissance, came in third.

Tens of thousands crowd Tel Aviv park for first Nova concert since Oct. 7 massacre

Many attendees had fresh tattoos testifying to their trauma and loss.

Protesters wearing Hamas headbands and masks at Baruch College in Manhattan, June 5, 2024. (Luke Tress)

New York

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New York

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Sports

The Jewish Sport Report: This Jewish hockey star will be a top-10 NHL draft pick

Religion

A Chicago rabbi’s encounter with an anti-Zionist leaflet inspired him to make a new podcast

Sports

Meet Zeev Buium, who could be the NHL’s next Jewish superstar

New York

A new Midtown restaurant raises the bar for kosher fine dining

Politics

Trump calls Biden ‘a very bad Palestinian’ as Israel, antisemitism feature in a disjointed debate

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