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A man holds an Israeli while facing a crowd holding pro-Palestinian flags

Congress cancels hearing on George Washington U protests after police clear encampment and arrest demonstrators

Shortly after the arrests, the Republican-led congressional committee canceled the hearing featuring D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and police chief Pamela Smith.

Macklemore performs onstage in Seattle in December. (Mat Hayward/Getty Images)

‘Hind’s Hall,’ Macklemore’s new rap track, defends pro-Palestinian college protests and condemns Israel

The song denies that the protests are antisemitic.

‘You are not alone’: Biden in Holocaust remembrance speech vows to fight Oct. 7 denialism

Biden drew a direct line between Holocaust denial and the tendency by some to downplay or even deny the atrocities of Oct. 7.

Teens say state Holocaust education mandates are only as good as the schools that adopt them

Jewish author Nathan Thrall, Reuters and New York Times win Pulitzers for controversial Israel reporting

Israel announces Rafah invasion and Hamas claims ceasefire deal in key day of diplomacy and warfare

Bernie Sanders, 82, announces run for a fourth Senate term

From Michigan to Boston, pro-Palestinian protesters assert themselves at college graduations

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona at a podium

Large Jewish organizations boycotted a meeting with the education secretary because progressive Jewish groups would be present

How Yom HaShoah is being marked 7 months after the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust

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