51 NYU student groups pledge to boycott Israel and its backers
Leaders of the two pro-Israel organizations singled out in the resolution told JTA that they were surprised by the momentum it had gained.
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Michael Cohen arranged $1.6 million payoff for Playboy playmate who had affair with Jewish Trump donor
Elliott Broidy and his paramour used the same pseudonyms that appear in a similar agreement trying to silence an alleged former lover of Donald Trump.
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Trump pardons Scooter Libby, convicted in Bush-era leaking case
By Ron KampeasIn 2007, the chief of staff for then-Vice President Dick Cheney drew sympathetic pleas for leniency from an array of leading Jewish figures.
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Separated by the Holocaust, old friends find each other 76 years later
When Alice (Gerstel) Weit last saw Simon Gronowski, she was 13 and he was 10.
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Jewish Congress members circulate letter urging Israel not to demolish Palestinian villages
Jewish members of the Democratic caucus also spearheaded a similar letter last year sent by 10 senators to Israel's prime minister.
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House members blast anti-Semitic attacks on Parkland school shooting survivors
The statement came days after police in Washington, D.C., police arrested a man hanging anti-Semitic fliers on a university campus.
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South Carolina is set to become first state to define anti-Semitism by law
The language attached to a budget bill is not permanent and faces criticism from civil libertarians for including certain types of criticism of Israel.
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‘Broad City’ is ending — here are the show’s most Jewish moments
The show, created by Jewish comics Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, will end next year.
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Trump administration reportedly asked Israel to tamp down criticism of Polish Holocaust law
Senior Israeli officials are quoted as saying that while the U.S. found the law objectionable, it sought to preserve relations with Poland, a critical ally.
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US astronaut records Holocaust remembrance message in space
NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel displayed a replica of a drawing titled "Moon Landing" by Petr Ginz, a Czech teen with Jewish roots who was killed at Auschwitz.
