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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the F8 Facebook Developers confrence

United States

Facebook announces new policy combating anti-Jewish stereotypes

By Ben Sales August 12, 2020

A screenshot of the webpage advertising a face mask emblazoned with a famous photo from the Holocaust. (Screenshot from www.HolocaustFaceMasks.com)

United States

HolocaustFaceMasks.com stops selling the masks and plans to shut down

By Ben Sales August 11, 2020

Global

Nazis who killed children ran German children’s homes after the war, report finds

By Ben Sales August 11, 2020

United States

17% of American Jews attended a virtual prayer service last month, compared to half of Christians

By Ben Sales August 7, 2020

Nylssa Portillo Moreno, a Jewish immigrant detained by ICE, was released following an activist campaign that included national Jewish organizations. (Photo illustration)

United States

Jewish woman released from ICE custody following national advocacy campaign

By Ben Sales August 5, 2020

Israelis protest being separated from their significant others outside the residence of the foreign minister by having solo romantic picnics on the eve of Tu B'Av, the Jewish day celebrating love. The signs read, "We also want to embrace our loved ones. Open the skies for them. Families want to be together." (Courtesy of Plia Kettner)

Israel

‘Does he remember me?’: For some Israelis, COVID-19 has meant being separated from their families

By Ben Sales August 4, 2020

Ellen Rosenblum

United States

Oregon’s attorney general, Ellen Rosenblum, says she won’t stand for authoritarianism in Portland

By Ben Sales July 30, 2020

People crowd the sanctuary of Adas Israel Congregation, a Washington, D.C., Conservative synagogue, for a buidling dedication ceremony on October 2, 2013. The synagogue is maintaining its annual dues this year but expects a budget shortfall. (Jared Soares/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

United States

The pandemic’s first High Holiday season has synagogues wondering: Will people pay dues?

By Ben Sales July 30, 2020

A screenshot of the webpage advertising a face mask emblazoned with a famous photo from the Holocaust. (Screenshot from www.HolocaustFaceMasks.com)

United States

Who would sell Holocaust-themed face masks? This guy.

By Ben Sales July 29, 2020

A group takes a tour of the Tenement Museum, which tells the stories of Jewish and other immigrants to New York, in 2008. (Kiko Niwa)

United States

New York’s Tenement Museum lays off 76 employees amid indefinite closure

By Ben Sales July 22, 2020

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