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Prominent NY Jewish day school will support student walkouts to protest gun violence

Student walkouts in support of gun control are planned for March and April.

Yeshiva University men’s basketball team will avoid Shabbat games for NCAA Division III tournament

The initial schedule was changed after the flagship university of Modern Orthodox Judaism was slated to play on Saturday afternoon.

Congressional Black Caucus urges Israel to end plans to deport African migrants

The lawmakers want Israel to funnel the migrants through existing international refugee processing systems to third countries, as advocates have advised.

Bernie Sanders’ son announces run for Congress

Anti-Semitic incidents soared in 2017, ADL says

Parkland students begin to heal at Jewish conference in New York

California Democrats withhold endorsement from Dianne Feinstein

Women in Jewish fundraising say harassment is pervasive

Teen survivors of Parkland shooting draw 2,100 to NJ synagogue rally

Lin-Manuel Miranda sang in Hebrew in a Jewish a cappella group in college

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