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Israelis respond to Trump’s Gaza takeover with shock, dismay, elation and dark humor

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To Israel’s far right, Trump’s proposals for Gaza keep sounding ‘better and better’

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‘Unfathomably horrific’ to ‘major step towards a real peace’: US Jewish groups respond to Trump’s Gaza comments

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South Carolina’s Holocaust council is divided after chair cuts rabbi’s ‘political’ remarks from Auschwitz memorial broadcast

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‘Israel is Ready’ for Saudi peace, blare billboards in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and DC

By Deborah Danan February 3, 2025 2:15 pm

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Netanyahu heads to Washington for what Trump says are ‘very big meetings’

By Philissa Cramer February 3, 2025 8:30 am

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Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas, Ofer Kalderon released from Gaza in smooth handovers

By JTA Staff February 1, 2025 6:58 am

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A South Carolina rabbi’s Holocaust memorial speech was pulled from public TV for being too ‘political’

By Andrew Lapin January 31, 2025 4:59 pm

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Deni Avdija, the NBA’s only Israeli, is making a mark on the Portland Trail Blazers

By Jacob Gurvis January 31, 2025 4:45 pm

Dana White speaks during the UFC 311 Press Conference at Intuit Dome on January 16, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

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Israelis respond to Trump’s Gaza takeover with shock, dismay, elation and dark humor

American Jewish leaders grieve as Hamas terrorists who murdered their friends go free

IDEAS

LA Jews are all mourners now — experiencing both the grief and hope our tradition understands

Sen. Ron Wyden says the Democrats need ‘chutzpah’ to return to power

Take it from a German Jew: The AfD and its supporters aren’t making Jews safer

Trump picks lawyer and Fox contributor Leo Terrell to lead federal antisemitism task force

Speechwriter fired over white nationalist ties appointed to high-level State Department role

One point of consistency amid Trump’s rapid changes: a drumbeat of federal campus antisemitism investigations

ISRAEL

Appalling or ‘common sense,’ Trump’s Gaza proposal reinforces his image as disruptor in chief

To Israel’s far right, Trump’s proposals for Gaza keep sounding ‘better and better’

‘Unfathomably horrific’ to ‘major step towards a real peace’: US Jewish groups respond to Trump’s Gaza comments

South Carolina’s Holocaust council is divided after chair cuts rabbi’s ‘political’ remarks from Auschwitz memorial broadcast

‘Israel is Ready’ for Saudi peace, blare billboards in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and DC

Netanyahu heads to Washington for what Trump says are ‘very big meetings’

Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas, Ofer Kalderon released from Gaza in smooth handovers

A South Carolina rabbi’s Holocaust memorial speech was pulled from public TV for being too ‘political’

Deni Avdija, the NBA’s only Israeli, is making a mark on the Portland Trail Blazers

Dana White: UFC is ‘beyond disgusted’ after fighter Bryce Mitchell praises Hitler

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Actress Observing High Holy Days Fired from ‘Fiddler on Roof’ Cast

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