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Jewish activists take campaign about Oct. 7 sex crimes to the UN

Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg was the keynote speaker at a special conference aimed at pushing U.N. leaders to forcefully condemn Hamas’ reported sexual violence.

Despite bus driver boycott, thousands attend pro-Israel rally in Ottawa

Organizers called the Toronto no-show bus company antisemitic.

An IDF soldier killed a civilian who shot at terrorists, raising hard questions about vigilante culture in Israel

The head of Israel’s Firearm Licensing Department has resigned in protest of loosened gun ownership requirements.

Stepsisters Malya Levin, Left, and Rachel Mintz unpack the world of Jewish romance novels on their podcast, Hanukkah Erotica Book Club. (Courtesy; design by Grace Yagel)

Culture

The ‘Hanukkah Erotica Book Club’ aims to connect Jews — with romance novels

Obituaries

Rabbi Laurie Phillips, founder of a Manhattan ‘synagogue without walls,’ dies at 55

Twilight exterior of an inn in downtown Williamsburg, Virginia.

United States

Virginia cultural festival says it won’t hold a menorah lighting due to Israel-Hamas war

Israel

Sylvan Adams, philanthropist known for boosting cycling in Israel, gives $100M to help Ben-Gurion U after Oct. 7

Obituaries

Shlomo Avineri, dovish Israeli political philosopher and public intellectual, dies at 90

Israel

How an Israeli TikToker’s little-known song became the soundtrack to emotional wartime reunions

Global

In Argentina, Milei gives top legal role to former justice minister who resigned over neo-Nazi ties

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