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Far-right Polish lawmaker draws outrage after calling Israel the 'new Third Reich"
7+ hour, 13+ min ago (588+ words) Konrad Berkowicz held up a modified Israeli flag that replaced the Star of David with a blue swastika during Yom Ha Shoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. A far-right Polish lawmaker sparked outrage on Tuesday when, while speaking in parliament, he…...
Many peptides sound like Yiddish words. Here's why.
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (763+ words) Pinchas Cohen is the Jewish USC researcher behind discoveries like SHLP (schlep), SHMOOSE and MENTSH. A growing number of Americans are injecting themselves with peptides they ordered online, often with no idea what's in the vial, hoping to cure ailments…...
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9+ hour, 9+ min ago (19+ words) As Ohio again tries to block Hebrew Union College's restructuring, a new rabbinical school emerges in Cincinnati'Jewish Telegraphic Agency...
Orthodox groups ask Supreme Court to hear case of Ohio man barred from hosting home prayer services
8+ hour, 38+ min ago (568+ words) After opening his home to a group of men for Shabbat services, Daniel Grand was told he needed a permit to continue. Orthodox Jewish groups urged the Supreme Court to take up the case of an Orthodox Jewish man ordered…...
Top British private Jewish school closing amid funding challenges
11+ hour, 42+ min ago (745+ words) This is an incredibly difficult and painful moment," said the chair of governors for Immanuel College. Immanuel College, a top-ranked Jewish private day school in the outskirts of London, announced on Tuesday that it will close its doors at the…...
Extremist, far-right Jewish Defense League is back in the news
12+ hour, 10+ min ago (389+ words) Plus, Zohran Mamdani marks Yom Ha Shoah. The Jewish Defense League, the far-right, now-defunct organization that was labeled a terrorist group in 2001, was thrust into the spotlight after a member of a modern-day offshoot was arrested for an assassination plot…...
In an Israeli bomb shelter, my students restored my faith in their generation's resilience and commitment
13+ hour, 57+ min ago (723+ words) When the sirens sounded, writes the head of a Jewish day school, these American teens understood their part in the Jewish story. LOS ANGELES " When I boarded a plane to Israel with students from de Toledo High School in February,…...
With DEI out of favor, advocates push to honor the Jewish philanthropist who built 5, 000 schools for Black children
14+ hour, 17+ min ago (859+ words) Lawmakers, archivists and activists seek recognition for Julius Rosenwald, the Sears exec who partnered with Booker T. Washington." Aviva Kempner makes films about what she calls "underknown Jewish heroes." More than a decade ago, she attended a talk on Martha's Vineyard…...
JD Vance heckled over Middle East policy at Turning Point USA event
15+ hour, 14+ min ago (578+ words) I recognize that young voters do not love the policy we have in the Middle East, OK," Vance responded. Vice President JD Vance was interrupted by antiwar hecklers during a Turning Point USA event on Tuesday, underscoring growing backlash over…...
Moderation cuts leave most extremist, antisemitic content on Instagram unchecked, ADL finds
15+ hour, 33+ min ago (549+ words) The platform is "developing into a hub for hate and antisemitism," CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said. White supremacist networks, terror group supporters and Nazi merchandise vendors have gone largely unchecked on Instagram amid weakened content moderation by its parent company Meta,…...