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White House convenes meeting to address spike in campus antisemitism during Israel-Hamas war

The meeting will take place at the Department of Education, and later this week, the secretary of education will travel to a campus for a roundtable with Jewish students.

In a shift, Democrats are focusing their Jewish campaign on Israel policy

A party that has long made domestic policy front and center in its bid to get Jewish votes sees an opportunity on Israel policy.

‘This s— is not a game’: On CNN, Jake Tapper tells Marjorie Taylor Greene not to use antisemitism to score ‘political points’

Jake Tapper took aim at a motion of censure that far-right lawmakers Marjorie Taylor Greene has launched against a colleague, Rashida Tlaib.

Mike Pence drops out of presidential race at Republican Jewish conference, calls on Republicans to reject ‘siren song of populism’

New York State adopts ban on corporal punishment proposed in wake of yeshiva probe

U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 19, 2023. (Jonathan Ernst - Pool/Getty Images)

Biden on 5th anniversary of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting: Hamas invasion is ‘deepening the wound’ of antisemitism

Messages on the side of a building at night

White House decries ‘grotesque’ antisemitic campus activities in support of Hamas attacks

In 1st vote under Speaker Mike Johnson, House overwhelmingly passes resolution condemning Hamas Oct. 7 massacres

In Washington, calls for a ceasefire are loud, but not pervasive or, to Biden, persuasive

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks at a ceremony organized by the Council of Higher Education at Beştepe National Congress and Culture Center on October 9, 2023 in Ankara, Turkey. (Yavuz Ozden/ dia images via Getty Images)

Erdogan calls Hamas a ‘liberation group’ and cancels Israel trip

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