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Netanyahu says Schumer’s call for new elections is ‘totally inappropriate’ amid deepening rift with Biden

Reactions to Schumer from Netanyahu and from Biden exposed broadening tensions between their governments as Israel’s war with Hamas reaches a critical juncture.

Garrett Stubbs, Ryan Lavarnway and Noah Mendlinger

Team Israel is launching an American organization to support baseball’s growth in Israel

Israel Baseball Americas will offer baseball programs for American Jewish youth in an effort to strengthen Israel’s national team.

Israel establishes an annual commemoration of the Oct. 7 attack — but not on Oct. 7

By picking a date on the Hebrew calendar, the government avoids scheduling a mourning day on any of the fall Jewish holidays.

Israel

Why pro-Palestinian protesters are vandalizing images of Lord Balfour

Sports

The Jewish Sport Report: How the Israel-Hamas war is riling up a South American soccer tournament

Food

Canadian Jewish agencies sue over government rules they say have curbed kosher meat production

Culture

‘Zone of Interest’ producer calls Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech a ‘distraction,’ as Auschwitz memorial defends it

New York

Purim parties in NYC: Here’s where to celebrate in 2024

New York

A rabbi uses a traditional Indian dance form to retell the Passover story from Pharaoh’s perspective

Religion

How Jews are addressing the megillah’s bloodiest chapter during wartime this Purim

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