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Pro-Palestinian protesters near Bryant Park in New York City, November 9, 2023. (Luke Tress)

Jewish advocates demand policy changes to combat antisemitism at NYC public high schools

Parent groups and teachers call for measures including hate crime data collection, a task force and adoption of IHRA definition of antisemitism.

A historic synagogue creates tension between Egypt’s few remaining Jews and their government

Egypt’s last Jews held their first event in the restored synagogue after being shunned by the country’s antiquities ministry months earlier.

Florida district pulls many Jewish and Holocaust books, including Saul Bellow’s ‘Herzog’ and ‘Black, White and Jewish’

The Orlando-area district was the latest to purge Jewish- and Holocaust-themed books from the shelves in fear of a state law forbidding explicit content.

United States

US charges alleged Hezbollah operative in 1994 Argentina AMIA Jewish center bombing

New York

11 Jewish things to do this Christmas in New York City

New York

A Yiddish rock supergroup will reunite for one Manhattan show on Dec. 25

New York

A new play tells the true story of a former Hasid who translated the New Testament into Yiddish

Religion

Conservative movement suspends its Israel gap-year program, citing budget woes and ‘recruitment challenges’

United States

Lincoln Memorial vandalized with ‘Free Gaza’ graffiti

Students camping out with anti-Israel signs

United States

At Stanford, a committee to address antisemitism is roiled by Jewish infighting

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