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‘You can’t fake it’: Why images of starving children in Gaza are so difficult to dismiss
Photojournalist Lynsey Addario has seen how powerful images can ‘move the dial’
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Antisemitism Decoded How Trump is banning DEI at universities — except for Jews
The Trump administration's ban on DEI at universities has one big exception: Jewish students get special support.
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In a first, Orthodox rabbinical school ordains an out gay rabbi
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, flagship of progressive Orthodox Judaism, plotted a new course after controversial 2019 decision
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That whites-only, no Jews allowed Arkansas community is legal, says state’s attorney general. How?
‘Return to the Land’ bans non-whites and Jews from becoming members
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Fast Forward A young Jewish organizer takes on Jerry Nadler in a generational challenge
Liam Elkind, co-founder of a pandemic-era nonprofit, runs on generational change, grassroots values and a pro-Israel message
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Antisemitism Decoded Columbia’s settlement won’t solve its campus crisis. Here’s what could.
Many of the negative experiences that Jewish students are having fall outside the bounds of lawsuits or legal settlements
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After Mamdani and Gaza, are Democrats turning against Israel?
Pro-Israel New York Democrats are talking differently about Israel. Is the party’s direction changing after Mamdani’s victory?
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Holy Ground He grew up Christian. Now he’s sleeping in the synagogue that sparked his conversion.
In a small Ohio town, a shuttered sanctuary sparked one man’s conversion — and a mission to preserve America’s overlooked Jewish past
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Fast Forward Trump administration promotes official with history of antisemitic ties to lead U.S. peace efforts
The earlier appointment of Darren Beattie, who is Jewish, to the state department drew concern from Jewish groups over ties to far-right individuals and white nationalist rhetoric
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Antisemitism Decoded Why Jewish students aren’t celebrating Columbia’s antisemitism deal with the Trump administration
Some pro-Israel students view the settlement as weak and don’t trust Columbia to enforce it, while Jews who participated in campus protests think the school capitulated to Trump
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In Druze town where hundreds breached border with Syria, residents mourn one tragedy while fearing another
“They cried, they hugged, and then they went back to opposite sides of the fence, in enemy states,” recalled a soldier who witnessed family reunions during the brief breach
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Opinion Netanyahu’s new Gaza plan is a disaster. But it contains a tiny kernel of wisdom
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Culture In a first-of-its-kind museum, mezuzahs keep memories of pre-war Poland alive
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