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Trump again decries lack of US Jewish appreciation for him, as Zionist group prepares to fete him

“U.S. Jews have to get their act together and appreciate what they have in Israel — before it is too late!” Trump wrote on the social network he owns.

They united to oppose an extremist party entering Israel’s government in 2019. This time, leading US Jewish groups are staying quiet.

At least four of the major Jewish groups that spoke out against Itamar Ben-Gvir’s party say they will not speak out about Israel’s Nov. 1 election.

Cora Wilburn, an early American Jewish novelist, gets a bridge named for her in her Mass. town

Wilburn lived in Duxbury, home to a recent antisemitism scandal, from her adulthood until her death at 82 in 1906.

Stanford University apologizes for discriminating against Jewish applicants in the 1950s

Israel’s government approves maritime accord with Lebanon, dismissing claims the deal is weak

Los Angeles council member recorded making racist comments also discussed Jews disparagingly

‘Black people are actually Jew[s]’: The historical origins of Kanye West’s inflammatory comments

Kanye West’s vow to ‘go death con 3’ on Jews and his antisemitism controversy, explained

Republican and Democratic Jewish groups launch campaigns in close Nevada Senate race

Ben Bernanke, former Fed chair, shares economics Nobel for research on banks and crisis

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