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18 noteworthy Jews who died in 2021

From celebrities to giants of government to the author of “The Phantom Tollbooth.”

Muslim civil rights group leader continues attacks on ‘Zionists’ as she goes on sabbatical

Zahra Billoo’s sabbatical appears to be unrelated to her recent diatribe against “polite Zionists” as her group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, has defended her remarks.

Pedestrians walking in the campus of Duke University on May 14, 2011 (Wikimedia Commons)

Legal watchdog demands action after a Duke University pro-Israel group is denied recognition

Fighting anti-vaxxers among Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jews, nurses write a 140-page rebuttal

A Christmas tree lights up outside with fireworks

The little-known Jewish origins of Boston’s annual Christmas tree tradition

An intersection on Manhattan’s Upper West Side to be named in honor of Shimon Peres

Washington, D.C., 3rd-graders told to reenact scenes from the Holocaust

Israel travel ban ben grunion tourists omicron

Israel may bar travel to United States as NY consulate staff walloped by latest COVID wave

In reset to pre-Trump norm, State Department terrorism report includes extensive reporting on West Bank settler violence

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