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2 more Jewish Democrats, Jamie Raskin and Sara Jacobs, join growing calls for a ‘bilateral’ ceasefire

Jewish Democrats are shifting their positions on he war as it enters its sixth week, the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip intensifies and the Palestinian death toll climbs.

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‘Unacceptable’ and a ‘moral failure’: In a shift, Jewish lawmakers Ossoff, Balint and Phillips ramp up criticism on Israel’s conduct

A wall of support for Israel might be crumbling among Jewish Democrats in Congress.

Imam Shamsi Ali, left, and Rabbi Marc Schneier, right, at Queens College in New York, November 16, 2023. (Courtesy of The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding)

A rabbi and an imam called a meeting of Jewish and Muslim students at Queens College. It yielded little common ground.

The meeting exposed the deep chasms between the two communities, which disagreed at times on basic facts about Oct. 7.

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Ventura County DA: Paul Kessler death does not ‘meet the elements of a hate crime,’ though investigation is ongoing

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Jewish NYC lawmaker Inna Vernikov cleared of criminal charge after bringing ‘inoperable’ gun to pro-Palestinian protest

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Police evacuate Toronto Jewish day school after bomb threat

Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., speaks during the news conference outside the U.S. Capitol calling on Speaker McCarthy to expel Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., from Congress on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. (Photo credit: Bill Clark/Getty Images)

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‘Blood on your hands’: Jewish congressman’s office defaced with pro-Palestinian graffiti

A woman affixes a flier for Israeli hostages to Cooper Union college in New York City, a day after Jewish students sheltered in a library during a pro-Palestinian protest, Oct. 26, 2023. (Luke Tress)

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Department of Education opens investigations of antisemitism and Islamophobia at 7 schools in the wake of Oct. 7

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Man arrested in Tokyo after ramming car into barricade near Israeli embassy

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Sacha Baron Cohen, Debra Messing, Amy Schumer and other Jewish celebrities call out ‘the biggest antisemitic movement since the Nazis’ in meeting with TikTok execs

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