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United States pauses to remember 9/11 attacks

Following the first moment of silence at Ground Zero in New York, family members of the nearly 3,000 people killed 16 years ago began reading out the names of those who died in the attacks.

Home of parents of NY State assistant attorney general attacked with anti-Semitic graffiti

The word “Jew” was spray painted in large white letters on the black front door while the family was sleeping.

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US Jewish camps urge Trump to preserve visa program for Israeli counselors

Jewish summer camps say that rolling back visas for counselors from overseas would undercut a key component to building Jewish identity.

Israeli government approves $1 million aid to Houston Jewish institutions

Despite protests, State Department says it will return trove of Jewish artifacts to Iraq

Jews fleeing Hurricane Irma are taking refuge in Atlanta’s synagogues

Tufts University activists publish guide calling Israel a ‘white supremacist state’

Jewish groups get security funding despite talk of rollbacks

Apologies and non-apologies in the year of our Trump 5777

Qatar pays for outreach to US Jews

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