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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Meeting with Netanyahu, Trump again floats proposal for US to take over Gaza

Trump also appeared to make an analogy between the plight of the Israeli hostages and the Holocaust.

How your matzah gets made: A peek inside the Streit’s factory

Born on the Lower East Side, the Jewish family-run business celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.

Demonstrators gather outside the Federal Courthouse in New York City to show support for Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil and to demand his release from ICE detention on March 12, 2025. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

In new letter, Mahmoud Khalil downplays campus antisemitism and accuses some students of ‘participating in the genocide’

The detained Columbia grad and other students filed a lawsuit seeking to block the university from sending disciplinary records to a House committee last month.

U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Politics

Trump says US has begun direct talks with Iran over its nuclear program

Culture

West End play about Roald Dahl’s antisemitism wins 3 Olivier Awards

United States

US Naval Academy removed books about the Holocaust, antisemitism and Jewish Americans ahead of Hegseth visit

Israel

14-year-old Palestinian-American killed by Israeli fire in West Bank, officials say

Sports

1 Jewish coach still in NCAA title contention as Todd Golden’s Florida faces Houston in men’s basketball final

Dennis Gaitsgory (left) and guest attend the 11th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Barker Hangar on April 5, 2025 in Santa Monica, California. (Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize)

Global

Breakthrough Prize winner Dennis Gaitsgory is planning to attend a protest in Israel

Politics

Netanyahu in Washington again to meet with Trump to discuss tariffs, Gaza

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