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A German soldier looted postcards from doomed Jews in Poland. 80 years later, his granddaughter brought them back.

“These cards are neither a gift nor a donation. I am simply bringing home Holocaust loot,” Karla McCabe said after driving the postcards back to Lublin.

Northwestern students agree to dismantle anti-Israel encampment, as Columbia protesters take over university building

Columbia students draped an “intifada” banner down Hamilton Hall, a university building that has been the site of student takeovers in the past.

Columbia says it ‘will not divest from Israel,’ moves to close encampment following failed negotiations

Student protesters voted not to acquiesce to the university 2 p.m. deadline to vacate or risk suspension.

Teen Fellowship

For teens in interfaith families, the war in Gaza can be a stress test of their Jewish identities

New York

Jerome Rothenberg, Bronx-born poet whose ‘ethnopoetics’ inspired scholars and rock stars, dies at 92

New York

Steven Skybell’s Jewish story shines at the heart of Broadway’s ‘Cabaret’ revival

Culture

After Yale protest, prominent rabbi reiterates demand that anti-Israel activists not sing his song

Israel

Two more hostages, including an American Israeli, are seen in video released by Hamas

United States

After USC cancels graduation amid Israel protests, some Jewish students question their place on campus

Ted Deutch, the head of the American Jewish Committee, speaks at Columbia's center for Jewish life, April 26, 2024. (Luke Tress)

New York

Trying to thread a needle on free speech, Jewish leaders demand Columbia rein in pro-Palestinian protests

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