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US soldier who protected Jews in POW camp during WWII to be awarded Medal of Honor
1+ hour, 54+ min ago (371+ words) Israel honored Roddie Edmonds as a "Righteous Among the Nations" in 2015. An American soldier who is credited with saving the lives of 200 Jewish comrades in a prisoner of war camp in Germany during World War II will receive the U.S. military's…...
Jewish hockey star Jack Hughes’ overtime goal propels US to historic gold medal in Olympic hockey
2+ hour, 57+ min ago (391+ words) Jack Hughes" brother Quinn played during United States" first hockey gold since the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" squad. Jewish hockey star Jack Hughes scored the game-winning goal Sunday to clinch a gold medal for the U.S. men"s hockey team, its first…...
Tucker Carlson interview with Mike Huckabee sparks antisemitism clash and diplomatic backlash
19+ hour, 15+ min ago (841+ words) Leaders of 14 Arab governments rejected Huckabee's suggestion that Israel could lay claim to the entire Middle East. Within 24 hours of going online late Friday, Tucker Carlson's nearly three-hour interview with U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee had elicited multiple rebuttals of…...
South Africa pulls out of Venice Biennale — because its selected artist wanted to focus on Gaza
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (469+ words) South Africa's culture minister called the selected artist's work "highly divisive." South Africa will not participate in this year's Venice Biennale following a dispute between its culture ministry and the artist it had selected, whose planned installation focused on Gaza....
Long overlooked, Soviet Jewish stories written after the Holocaust emerge in new translation
2+ day, 55+ min ago (713+ words) The writer Sasha Vasilyuk interviews the translators behind "In The Shadow of the Holocaust." The usual perception of Soviet Jewish literature after World War II is that there was none. The conversation around the decades after the Holocaust usually focuses…...
Robin Kelly, running for Senate in Illinois, says Israel committed 'genocide"
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (723+ words) The Chicagoland congresswoman, who accepted a donation from AIPAC last year, has adopted harsher stances on Israel since announcing her run for Senate. An Illinois congresswoman who is running for U.S. Senate said during a debate Thursday night that she believed…...
Jan Schakowsky retracts endorsement in a congressional race over candidate's AIPAC funding
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (754+ words) The pro-Israel lobby, which has become increasingly radioactive among Democrats, has not said it is backing Donna Miller. Rep. Jan Schakowsky withdrew her endorsement of a congressional candidate in a neighboring Illinois district on Thursday, citing the AIPAC pro-Israel lobby…...
U2's first album in a decade includes Yehuda Amichai poem and a song about the slain Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen
3+ day, 7+ min ago (537+ words) In an interview, frontman Bono denounced antisemitism, the Oct. 7 attack and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. U2 frontman Bono delivered sharp criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and lavish praise on Jewish tradition in an interview released Wednesday alongside the…...
In JFNA’s first ‘State of the Jewish Union’ address, security and antisemitism loom large
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (470+ words) The state of the Jewish union in America is strong, but it is being tested," said Eric Fingerhut, the president and CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America. Speaking from Washington, D.C., on Thursday, the president and CEO of the…...
Israel’s High Court sides with egalitarian prayer advocates in long-running Western Wall dispute
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (521+ words) The court is ordering an end to the foot-dragging," Reform Movement attorneys say a decade after a deal to expand egalitarian prayer was struck. Israel's highest court has delivered a unanimous rebuke to state and municipal authorities over long-stalled plans…...