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‘Internal communal division’ over Israel has many Jewish professionals feeling hopeless, survey finds

“People don’t feel safe saying what they think in their workplaces,” said an official at M², The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education.

A pro-Israel protester outside Columbia University in Manhattan, April 22, 2024. (Luke Tress)

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Take it from this rabbi: You should binge-watch Netflix’s ‘Long Story Short’ for the High Holidays

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Rep. Mike Lawler, a New York Republican speaks during a press conference outside of Columbia University on April 22, 2024 in New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

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Mike Lawler, Josh Gottheimer slam Mamdani for vowing to drop IHRA definition of antisemitism

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Elise Stefanik proposes legislation that would block Mamdani’s threat to arrest Netanyahu

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‘I never stood with Bibi,’ Cuomo says as Netanyahu figures large in the NYC mayor’s race

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‘It is genocide,’ Bernie Sanders says about Gaza, becoming the first US senator to do so

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A record $10M federal grant to Tikvah has some Jews celebrating and others crying foul

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Jerry Greenfield promotes a get-out-the-vote effort with ice cream

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Jerry leaves Ben & Jerry’s, progressive Jewish ice-cream giant, as company battles owner on Israel speech

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European Commission seeks sweeping sanctions on Israel amid Gaza offensive

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Two-thirds of a 15th-century Portuguese High Holiday prayer book were lost to history. Until now.

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With ban removed, NYC rabbis are weighing endorsements in a heated mayoral race

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Drama about Palestinian boy is Israel’s Oscar entry amid Hollywood boycott of Israeli film institutions

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UN commission concludes for the first time that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

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At YIVO, an unfinished Yiddish dictionary gets the last word — as opera

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NYC’s Temple Emanu-El celebrates its 180th birthday with an exhibit on Jews of the Gilded Age

Performers onstage in a scene from "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay," the opera.

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Met Opera adapts Michael Chabon’s Jewish novel ‘Kavalier & Clay’ for the stage

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Israel launches ground operation in Gaza City, as Marco Rubio casts doubt on diplomatic end to war

A photo of antisemitic grafitti, including a swastika and the phrase "Jews did 9/11"

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Two synagogues and Chabad building in Halifax, Canada, targeted with antisemitic graffiti

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As Micah Lasher launches bid to succeed mentor Jerry Nadler in Congress, here’s a rundown of the field

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Ohio auction house halts sale of paintings looted during the Holocaust and billed as ‘unclaimed property’

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‘Internal communal division’ over Israel has many Jewish professionals feeling hopeless, survey finds

Take it from this rabbi: You should binge-watch Netflix’s ‘Long Story Short’ for the High Holidays

NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL RACE

Mike Lawler, Josh Gottheimer slam Mamdani for vowing to drop IHRA definition of antisemitism

Elise Stefanik proposes legislation that would block Mamdani’s threat to arrest Netanyahu

‘I never stood with Bibi,’ Cuomo says as Netanyahu figures large in the NYC mayor’s race

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‘It is genocide,’ Bernie Sanders says about Gaza, becoming the first US senator to do so

A record $10M federal grant to Tikvah has some Jews celebrating and others crying foul

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Jerry leaves Ben & Jerry’s, progressive Jewish ice-cream giant, as company battles owner on Israel speech

European Commission seeks sweeping sanctions on Israel amid Gaza offensive

Two-thirds of a 15th-century Portuguese High Holiday prayer book were lost to history. Until now.

With ban removed, NYC rabbis are weighing endorsements in a heated mayoral race

Drama about Palestinian boy is Israel’s Oscar entry amid Hollywood boycott of Israeli film institutions

UN commission concludes for the first time that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

New York Jewish Week

At YIVO, an unfinished Yiddish dictionary gets the last word — as opera

NYC’s Temple Emanu-El celebrates its 180th birthday with an exhibit on Jews of the Gilded Age

Met Opera adapts Michael Chabon’s Jewish novel ‘Kavalier & Clay’ for the stage

Israel launches ground operation in Gaza City, as Marco Rubio casts doubt on diplomatic end to war

Two synagogues and Chabad building in Halifax, Canada, targeted with antisemitic graffiti

As Micah Lasher launches bid to succeed mentor Jerry Nadler in Congress, here’s a rundown of the field

Ohio auction house halts sale of paintings looted during the Holocaust and billed as ‘unclaimed property’

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New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty in Spy Case

Sick Holtzberg Son, 4, Dies

U.S. Pledges Palestinian Aid

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