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Quietly absent since 2023, Jewish Heritage Night at the NY Mets stirs up new controversy
8+ hour, 17+ min ago (758+ words) False claims that the Mets said it is "too risky" to have a special Jewish night are spreading. In September 2023, the last time the New York Mets had a Jewish Heritage Day at Citi Field, the Israeli acting consul general…...
These Israeli-Palestinian 'brothers' are preaching peace. Can their message make a difference?
9+ hour, 11+ min ago (684+ words) Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon have taken their pitch to "The Daily Show," NPR and Jewish communities across the United States. At a time when the Israeli-Palestinian conflict feels perhaps farther than ever from a solution, Aziz Abu Sarah…...
Mamdani faces pressure from progressive Jewish allies over 'buffer zone' veto decision
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1103+ words) Mamdani is going to let some Jewish leaders down with his decision. But which ones? A progressive Jewish group that's closely allied with Zohran Mamdani took part in a rally outside City Hall on Thursday, calling for the mayor to…...
Trump's antisemitism envoy says US will bar World Cup attendees tied to antisemitism abroad
3+ hour, 45+ min ago (745+ words) Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun said a report that he said European teams would be targeted specifically were false. Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, the U. S. special envoy for monitoring and combating antisemitism, said this week that the United States will bar individuals from attending…...
Many peptides sound like Yiddish words. Here's why.
1+ day, 22+ hour 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…...
Top British private Jewish school closing amid funding challenges
2+ day, 7+ hour 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
2+ day, 8+ hour 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…...
With DEI out of favor, advocates push to honor the Jewish philanthropist who built 5, 000 schools for Black children
2+ day, 10+ hour 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…...
Moderation cuts leave most extremist, antisemitic content on Instagram unchecked, ADL finds
2+ day, 11+ hour 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,…...
Hampshire College, incubator of Yiddish Book Center and a Holocaust-studies pioneer, to close
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (370+ words) The Yiddish Book Center's founder, Aaron Lansky, graduated from Hampshire in 1973. Hampshire College, the nontraditional liberal-arts school that pioneered college-level Holocaust classes and played a central role in launching the acclaimed Yiddish Book Center, announced Tuesday that it is shutter…...