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University of Michigan’s Judaic Studies center gets $1M grant

The money will primarily be used to create a new full-time endowed professorship.

Jewish charities among top funders of Islamophobia, says report by Muslim civil rights group

The report was authored by CAIR, a Muslim civil rights group known for its anti-Israeli views, using IRS data.

Tech company whose founder wrote antisemitic COVID screed pledges six-figure sum to local synagogue

“They said, ‘We’re going to take care of all that for you,’ and they made the largest donation we’ve ever seen,” Rabbi Sam Spector of Salt Lake City’s Congregation Kol Ami told the Forward.

A marketing firm that works with Jewish groups, Big Duck, has nixed a potential client because of its Israel ties

Robert Durst, real estate scion who was convicted of murdering his best friend, is dead at 78

Indiana lawmaker apologizes for saying teachers should be ‘impartial’ on Nazis

David Alvarez as Bernardo in Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story" remake

Golden Globes 2022: Andrew Garfield, and Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story,’ win big

Pennsylvania Republican Doug Mastriano enters race for governor with a shofar blast

Deborah Lipstadt may be asked to apologize to Republican senator before confirmation as antisemitism envoy

eric adams celebrates hanukkah in brooklyn

Eric Adams has deep ties to Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jews. Will he reach beyond them as mayor?

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