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David Draiman, Jewish heavy metal frontman, raises $29K for security for Matisyahu after pro-Palestinian protests

The fundraiser for the “Matisyahu Defense Fund,” launched on Thursday, Feb. 22, had already surpassed its $25,000 goal.

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Holocaust education bill fails in Washington State after debate over Jewish refugees, genocide and the Gaza war

A Republican lawmaker feared the Democratic-led amendment would open the door to “overlap the Holocaust with what’s happening in Gaza.”

Charlie Biton, co-founder of Israeli Black Panthers and first Israeli to meet Arafat, dies at 76

Biton was a member of parliament for 15 years, serving as a symbol of persistent Mizrahi claims against Israel’s Ashkenazi-dominated ruling class.

New York

A secret, private outpost of Michael Solomonov’s Goldie Falafel just opened in NYC

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Teachers union halts campaign for LA school board candidate who promoted antisemitic book

United States

Baltimore rabbi found liable for sexually abusing 2 children at Jewish summer camp

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Obituaries

Shelly Weiss, Brooklyn ‘queer icon’ and progressive Jewish activist, dies at 77

Dr. Ruth Gottesman speaks at a Albert Einstein College of Medicine event at the Rainbow Room in Manhattan, May 17, 2016. (Brent N. Clarke/Getty Images)

New York

Jewish philanthropist donates $1 billion to Bronx med school, eliminating all future tuition

United States

US airman dies after self-immolating outside Israeli embassy in protest of Israel-Hamas war

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Israeli journalist criticizes West Bank ‘apartheid’ at Berlin film festival ceremony marked by Gaza war protests

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