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U of Illinois student government passes pro-Black Lives Matter resolution with call to divest from Israel

The vote came after five failed attempts in five years to pass a boycott resolution against Israel.

Joe Biden likens Donald Trump’s rhetoric to that of Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels

The Anti-Defamation League and other Jewish groups have criticized Nazi comparisons, arguing that they cheapen the memory of the Holocaust and coarsen public discourse.

A pandemic judgment day: Yom Kippur arrives with COVID-19 cases on the rise

“The next two weeks will determine many, many things,” said a rabbi and doctor in an Orthodox community experiencing an uptick in COVID cases.

Editor resigns at Miami Herald’s Spanish-language newspaper over publication of anti-Semitic, racist column

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez withdraws from event honoring Yitzhak Rabin

Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative religious judge, to replace Ginsburg on the Supreme Court

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez considering withdrawal from Americans for Peace Now event memorializing Yitzhak Rabin

Google Images search results for "Jewish baby stroller" as of September 25, 2020. (Screenshot)

A Google search for ‘Jewish baby strollers’ yields anti-Semitic images. An extremist campaign may be to blame.

‘Tehran’ is a groundbreaking Israeli spy show about immigrant identity

Jewish COVID-19 second wave updates: New Jersey’s positivity rate surpasses 3%

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