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Jewish Life Stories: The 19-year-old son of a tech legend, and the French Jew who helped abolish the guillotine

“Marco was super caring with his siblings,” said his father.

80+ bands pull out of South by Southwest to protest festival’s ties to Israeli military

The festival initially threatened the boycott’s organizers with legal action. But it also says it respects the protest.

What to know about the fiery Jewish reactions to Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech criticizing Israel

Reactions to the speech point to a deeper division within the Jewish community, which has only grown since Oct. 7, over when and how to link the Holocaust to Israel.

New York Nosh

At a busy Borough Park bakery, it’s time to make the hamantaschen

New York

Feds investigate Yonkers, NY, school district where girls basketball players yelled antisemitic slurs at Jewish opponents

Israel

Itay Chen, 19, American-Israeli soldier missing since Oct. 7, is confirmed dead by IDF

Global

US religious freedom commission leaves Saudi Arabia after rabbi co-chair is told to remove his kippah

Culture

Music video for ‘Hurricane,’ Israel’s Eurovision entry, released after changes that tone down references to Oct. 7

Obituaries

Kathy Goldman, NYC’s ‘most important food activist,’ dies at 92

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pictured in February. (Amos Ben-Gershom/Israeli Government Press Office)

Politics

Netanyahu downplays tensions with US after weekend of sniping with Biden over Gaza

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Jewish Life Stories: The 19-year-old son of a tech legend, and the French Jew who helped abolish the guillotine

80+ bands pull out of South by Southwest to protest festival’s ties to Israeli military

What to know about the fiery Jewish reactions to Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech criticizing Israel

At a busy Borough Park bakery, it’s time to make the hamantaschen

Feds investigate Yonkers, NY, school district where girls basketball players yelled antisemitic slurs at Jewish opponents

Itay Chen, 19, American-Israeli soldier missing since Oct. 7, is confirmed dead by IDF

US religious freedom commission leaves Saudi Arabia after rabbi co-chair is told to remove his kippah

Music video for ‘Hurricane,’ Israel’s Eurovision entry, released after changes that tone down references to Oct. 7

Kathy Goldman, NYC’s ‘most important food activist,’ dies at 92

Netanyahu downplays tensions with US after weekend of sniping with Biden over Gaza

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