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A protester demonstrates at the 2023 Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly in Tel Aviv as a conference attendee walks past. (Courtesy of JFNA/Amnon Gutman)

Israel at 75: How Israel’s political crisis took center stage at a major American Jewish conference

The drama pointed to the challenge facing the Jewish Federations, which had hoped to put on a traditionally exuberant celebration of Israel despite the conflict rocking its streets.

How Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones ended up talking ‘tikkun olam’ with Jewish teens in DC

The 27-year-old Tennessee lawmaker gained national prominence after he was expelled from his state legislature over his call for gun control.

Florida man arrested for attacking Chabad center in Cape Coral in March

The man had thrown bricks at the window in an attempt to break in at the conclusion of Shabbat services.

Republicans nix two-state solution language in resolution marking Israel’s 75th birthday

Citing ‘outpouring of interest,’ Yeshiva U restores women’s Talmud classes whose cancellation incited an uproar

Lee Zeldin, ex-congressman on Republican Jewish Coalition board, endorses Trump for president

Yeshiva University says it’s committed to women’s Talmud study amid uproar over canceled courses

Tucker Carlson speaking on Fox News on April 9. (Screen shot)

ADL cheers Tucker Carlson’s ouster at Fox News, where he had long embraced white nationalist rhetoric

Massachusetts woman arrested for placing swastikas at Jewish woman’s home

As trial begins in synagogue massacre, Pittsburgh’s Jews struggle with what to reveal and what to conceal

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