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

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Director of pro-Israel LGBTQ group faces sexual misconduct charge

By Ben Sales January 29, 2025 1:31 pm

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Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas, Ofer Kalderon set to be released Saturday from Gaza

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8 hostages, including 5 Thai nationals, return to Israel following chaotic scenes in Gaza

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Police in Australia seize explosives they say may have been intended to kill Jews

By Philissa Cramer January 29, 2025 11:32 am

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Combative Jewish lawmaker Randy Fine, a Trump favorite, wins Florida GOP House primary

By Andrew Lapin January 29, 2025 11:21 am

The Jewish community's focus shifted from mourning and shock, to advocating for the hostages. Some rallies demanded action from the international community with protests at the United Nations, Oct. 24, 2023. (Luke Tress)

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Arbel Yehud, Agam Berger and Gadi Moses reportedly to be released Thursday, along with 5 Thai nationals

By Ben Sales January 29, 2025 11:03 am

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Ariel, Kfir and Shiri Bibas remain hostages in Gaza. A nation is hoping against hope for their return.

By Deborah Danan January 29, 2025 8:48 am

US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025. (Jim WATSON / POOL / AFP)

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Jewish nonprofits say Trump’s federal funding freeze would threaten social services and security programs

By Asaf Elia-Shalev January 29, 2025 12:17 am

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Benjamin Netanyahu says he will meet Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 4

By Ben Sales January 28, 2025 2:32 pm

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Senior employee of Canadian pro-Israel media watchdog charged for anti-Palestinian graffiti

By Andrew Lapin January 28, 2025 12:23 pm

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

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

IDEAS

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

Remembering Clinton Bailey, an Israeli scholar who preserved Bedouin culture

A gift shop at Auschwitz? New films and a graphic memoir explore the contradictions of ‘dark tourism’

Far-right Polish lawmaker disrupts moment of silence for the Holocaust to decry ‘Jewish genocide in Gaza’

Director of pro-Israel LGBTQ group faces sexual misconduct charge

ISRAEL

Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas, Ofer Kalderon set to be released Saturday from Gaza

In Gadi Mozes, the octogenarian freed from Gaza, Israelis see an icon of their country’s hardy ‘kibbutznik’ spirit

8 hostages, including 5 Thai nationals, return to Israel following chaotic scenes in Gaza

Police in Australia seize explosives they say may have been intended to kill Jews

Combative Jewish lawmaker Randy Fine, a Trump favorite, wins Florida GOP House primary

Arbel Yehud, Agam Berger and Gadi Moses reportedly to be released Thursday, along with 5 Thai nationals

Ariel, Kfir and Shiri Bibas remain hostages in Gaza. A nation is hoping against hope for their return.

Jewish nonprofits say Trump’s federal funding freeze would threaten social services and security programs

Benjamin Netanyahu says he will meet Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 4

Senior employee of Canadian pro-Israel media watchdog charged for anti-Palestinian graffiti

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

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