Politics

Berlin police investigating vandalism of Kindertransport memorial following pro-Palestinian demonstrations

The site is a tribute to the roughly 10,000 German Jewish children sent to England in 1938 and 1939, many of whom never saw their parents again.

The author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel in his office in 1980, surrounded by books and papers

Citing risk to Elie Wiesel’s ‘Night,’ Iowa judge blocks key parts of state book ban law

Iowa’s Republican governor signed the bill into law last year along with other culture-war legislation targeting transgender athletes and student pronouns in schools.

Biden administration, Reform Jewish leader slam Smotrich and Ben Gvir for calling for Palestinians’ removal from Gaza

Bezalel Smotrich said he hoped Gaza’s Palestinian population would drop by at least 90 percent.

Claudine Gay, president of Harvard University, testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee on December 5, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Claudine Gay resigns from Harvard, weeks after contentious antisemitism hearing

The big issues dividing the US and Israel as the Gaza war bleeds into 2024

A politician speaks at a podium at a state house hearing in Maine

Shenna Bellows, who blocked Trump from Maine’s primary ballot, used to run the state’s Holocaust center

Herb Kohl, former Jewish senator from Wisconsin and Milwaukee Bucks owner, dies at 88

Jewish groups object to GOP’s treatment of Muslim candidate for Court of Appeals seat

New York Rep. Ocasio-Cortez draws fire for Christmas message comparing Jesus to Gazans

What you need to know about Dean Phillips, the Jewish congressman running for president

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