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Israeli rabbis are issuing guidance about how to adjust Jewish law during wartime

One rabbi fielded the question of whether a husband can embrace his wife before heading to battle, even if Jewish law would prevent their touch.

Wexner Foundation cuts ties with Harvard amid backlash over college responses to Israel attack

At the University of Pennsylvania, the prominent donor Jon Huntsman said his family would cut off donations over Israel.

After a Palestinian-American child is stabbed to death, Jewish groups across the spectrum speak out against anti-Muslim hate

Among the groups condemning the crime and pleading for tolerance were representatives of Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist and Orthodox Judaism.

Thousands of New Yorkers of all backgrounds convened at the "No Hate. No Fear" solidarity march against anti-Semitism in January 2020. The march followed a year in which attacks against Jews spiked. (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

United States

Jews again faced the most hate crimes of any religious group in 2022, FBI reports

Global

Israel-Colombia spat deepens, as Israel stops arms sales and Bogotá threatens to cut ties

Politics

Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday to give support and address humanitarian concerns

Obituaries

Actress and teacher Joanna Merlin, original Tzeitel in Broadway’s ‘Fiddler,’ dies at 92

Culture

Taylor Swift’s bodyguard returns to Israel to fight in the war

New York

19-year-old charged with hate crimes in reported attack on Israeli student at Columbia U

Culture

Wilco singer Jeff Tweedy offers Jewish prayer for healing amid Israel-Hamas war

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