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Florida has not distributed most of the 1 million hydroxychloroquine doses it received free from Israeli drug company

The deal was facilitated by U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, Politico reported.

3 Orthodox Jews and 2 Catholic priests sue over NY restrictions on houses of worship

It accuses Gov. Andrew Cuomo of violating the plaintiffs’ rights to free exercise of religion, freedom of speech, assembly and expressive association, and due process, under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

NYPD officers stand guard at the door of the Union Temple of Brooklyn, after it was grafittied, in New York City on November 2, 2018. (Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)

Calls to defund the police put Jewish institutions in a tough position

Synagogues and others are inclined to stand with the protest movement, but also have built close ties with law enforcement amid rising anti-Semitism.

Trump boosts Georgia candidate who peddles anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and posed with a neo-Nazi

A different kind of protest movement: Orthodox children rally to open New York summer camps

Open letter calls on Jewish organizations to endorse Black Lives Matter

400 Jewish studies scholars denounce Israeli annexation as ‘apartheid’ and a ‘crime against humanity’

Alumni call on Jewish day schools to do more to fight racism

3 Jewish takeaways as unrest from pandemic and George Floyd killing strikes America

Doubling down on anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, rapper Ice Cube tweets again — and faces a backlash

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