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Prominent Bay Area Muslim leader warns about ‘polite Zionists,’ drawing rebukes from Jewish groups

Zahra Billoo, who leads the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ San Francisco chapter, previously was voted out of the Women’s March board for comments deemed antisemitic.

Student government at NYU school named for Steinhardt calls for removal of philanthropist’s name

The philanthropist forfeited 180 stolen antiquities worth $70 million in a deal with Manhattan’s district attorney.

Philadelphia official accused of making antisemitic comments resigns

Michael Rashid reportedly referred to the Holocaust movie “Schindler’s List” as “Jewish propaganda.”

Conservative justices grill Maine on policy denying tuition for religious schools

A child holds a sticker she received after getting a COVID-19 vaccine

Jewish day schools rushed to hold vaccine drives. Mandates may come more slowly.

Fox News host says Christmas trees are about Jesus — and Hanukkah

This Jewish artist’s tarot card deck is inspired by Torah and ecology

rabbis and Israeli on stage at a synagogue

In New York, Israeli minister promises progress on Western Wall’s non-Orthodox prayer space

17 BDS resolutions considered and 11 passed at US colleges last year, per ADL report

Numbers mark the graves at a former psychiatric hospital’s Jewish cemetery. Families want names — and answers.

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