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Alleged Josh Shapiro arsonist believed he was fighting for Palestinians, police say

The suspect reportedly said he was upset over what Shapiro “wants to do to the Palestinian people.”

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What I learned about American Jews while collecting Judaica for LA fire victims

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Scholars have told important Jewish stories with the NEH’s support. What happens to them now?

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I operate a small Judaica business. Trump’s tariffs are going to squelch Jewish innovation.

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You need a non-Jewish neighbor to perform this Passover ritual. Thank heavens.

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Pro-Palestinian protesters near Columbia University in Manhattan, February 2, 2024. (Luke Tress)

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Pro-Israel groups called for Mohsen Mahdawi’s deportation. He was arrested at a citizenship interview.

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Language apps are putting Hebrew school in teens’ back pockets. But do they work?

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For a second straight Passover, Jews mark Festival of Freedom while hostages remain in Gaza

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Israeli reservists are discharged after hundreds call for release of hostages and end of war

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Freed hostage Liri Albag responds to backlash over Netanyahu criticism: ‘I fear what we have become’

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Man arrested after Penn. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s home is firebombed hours after Passover seder

Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia who was arrested by ICE in March 2025, speaking to media. (Screenshot)

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Trump administration can deport Mahmoud Khalil over antisemitism concerns, judge rules

Princess Diana in a Belville Sassoon design.

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David Sassoon, the Jewish royal designer who dressed Princess Diana, dies at 92

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‘Shtisel’ star Sasson Gabay is happy to be back playing a complex haredi Orthodox Jew in ‘Kugel’

Kurush Mistry and Rabbi Sarah Reines.

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He went viral for defacing ‘Kidnapped’ hostage posters. Now, he’s attending a rabbi’s Passover seder.

Beejhy Barhany

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Harlem-based Ethiopian-Israeli chef Beejhy Barhany dishes on her new cookbook

Released hostages Keith and Aviva Siegel speak at the AJC Washington ambassador's Seder.

United States

Plane carrying freed Israeli hostages and US lawmakers clipped at DC airport

Ribbons and a stapled sign wrapped around a tree in a memorial

United States

27 Jewish groups file amicus brief expressing concern over detainment of Tufts student

Deni Avdija of the Portland Trail Blazers reacts in the final minutes of a 127-113 win over the Atlanta Hawks on April 1, 2025. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

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From 5 a.m. tipoffs to bar mitzvah trips, Israelis are reveling in Deni Avdija’s breakout season

Sen. Marco Rubio faces questioning

United States

Mahmoud Khalil’s ‘otherwise lawful’ behavior undermines US policy against antisemitism, Marco Rubio says

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