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‘You don’t know yet, do you?’ How Jews offline for a 2-day holiday found out about the attack on Israel

“The vast majority of people that were coming to synagogue came that morning [had] no clue what was going on,” one rabbi said.

Texas Jew on death row granted stay of execution

Jedidiah Murphy, 48, was sentenced to death for the fatal 2000 shooting of 80-year-old Bertie Lee Cunningham in Dallas County during a carjacking.

Jewish leaders concerned after Germany’s far-right AfD party makes gains in local elections

One leader said he would seriously think of packing his proverbial “suitcase in the attic” if the party were to be part of a governing coalition in any German state.

Politics

Congress offers bipartisan support for aid to Israel, though fault lines are showing

Global

Colombia’s president compares Israeli military to Nazis as local protesters burn Israeli flag outside embassy

Politics

‘This is not some distant tragedy’: Biden drapes White House in Israel’s colors as US death toll rises to 11

Global

‘There are not 2 sides,’ British PM Rishi Sunak says at synagogue as London is split by pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protests

Sports

US sports teams and athletes issue statements of support for Israel after Hamas attacks

New York

At JFK Airport, an anxious rush to support the troops as reservists board special flights to Israel

Israel

US rabbinical students, in Israel for the year, weigh whether to stay and how to help

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