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Charlie Kirk, conservative activist who considered himself a defender of Jews and Israel, is dead at 31

The conservative activist killed in Utah at times faced allegations of antisemitism from across the political spectrum.

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Jewish real estate developers convene emergency meeting to support Andrew Cuomo

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Mamdani backs a permanent end to NYC investment in Israel bonds

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Eric Adams says he’s staying in NYC mayor’s race, tamping down reports that Trump could make him ambassador to Saudi Arabia

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In Moldova, Jewish life is fueled by descendants of those who fled — and new refugees from Ukraine

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As more Jews acquire guns, a Jewish security group urges stronger regulations for synagogues

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Israeli-Russian Princeton student Elizabeth Tsurkov freed from captivity in Iraq

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White House condemns Israeli strike in Qatar, as sense mounts that Hamas leaders may have survived

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In a first, Israel airstrikes target Hamas leaders in Qatar, a Gaza ceasefire broker

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Gaza drama about Hind Rajab wins Grand Jury Prize at Venice Film Festival

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Gael Garcia Bernal, Ayo Edebiri among 1,200 Hollywood stars pledging to boycott Israeli film institutions

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Ahead of mayoral election, Brooklyn synagogue demands voter registration to attend High Holiday services

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This is how New Yorkers celebrated the High Holidays at the turn of the 20th century

The cast of "The Matriarchs," which opens at Theaterlab on Sept. 10 and plays through Sept. 28. (Miranda Jackel)

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Women of the Torah step into the spotlight as contemporary bat mitzvah girls in a new play

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Russ & Daughters celebrates 111 years of Jewish New York history with a new cookbook

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Robert Jay Lifton, pioneering scholar of Nazi doctors and Jewish memory, dies at 99

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LA Holocaust museum retracts social media post that said, ‘Never again can’t only mean never again for Jews’

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6 shot to death at Jerusalem bus stop in city’s deadliest attack in nearly 2 years

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Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders talk Gaza war, pro-Palestinian protests at Brooklyn College

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Charlie Kirk, conservative activist who considered himself a defender of Jews and Israel, is dead at 31

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Jewish real estate developers convene emergency meeting to support Andrew Cuomo

Mamdani backs a permanent end to NYC investment in Israel bonds

Eric Adams says he’s staying in NYC mayor’s race, tamping down reports that Trump could make him ambassador to Saudi Arabia

More News

In Moldova, Jewish life is fueled by descendants of those who fled — and new refugees from Ukraine

As more Jews acquire guns, a Jewish security group urges stronger regulations for synagogues

ISRAEL

Israeli-Russian Princeton student Elizabeth Tsurkov freed from captivity in Iraq

White House condemns Israeli strike in Qatar, as sense mounts that Hamas leaders may have survived

In a first, Israel airstrikes target Hamas leaders in Qatar, a Gaza ceasefire broker

Gaza drama about Hind Rajab wins Grand Jury Prize at Venice Film Festival

Gael Garcia Bernal, Ayo Edebiri among 1,200 Hollywood stars pledging to boycott Israeli film institutions

Ahead of mayoral election, Brooklyn synagogue demands voter registration to attend High Holiday services

New York Jewish Week

This is how New Yorkers celebrated the High Holidays at the turn of the 20th century

Women of the Torah step into the spotlight as contemporary bat mitzvah girls in a new play

Russ & Daughters celebrates 111 years of Jewish New York history with a new cookbook

Robert Jay Lifton, pioneering scholar of Nazi doctors and Jewish memory, dies at 99

LA Holocaust museum retracts social media post that said, ‘Never again can’t only mean never again for Jews’

6 shot to death at Jerusalem bus stop in city’s deadliest attack in nearly 2 years

Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders talk Gaza war, pro-Palestinian protests at Brooklyn College

From the Archives

Arab Protesters Bring Sydney to Standstill

Bush Pressing for Cease-fire

Meridor: Hamas Terrorists Are Like Rapists

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