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The family of Edan Alexander, an American held captive in Gaza, protests for his release in December 2024 in New York City. (Alon Kaplun)

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Steve Bannon speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on Feb. 20, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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Orthodox pro-Israel group to honor Steve Bannon after backlash for his straight-armed gesture

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Slain hostage Tsachi Idan is mourned at funeral at Hapoel Tel Aviv’s soccer stadium

By Deborah Danan February 28, 2025 7:51 am

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Weeks after selling NYC building, Hebrew Union College sells part of LA campus to USC

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Kalb, center, leads a crowd of Jewish Deadheads in prayer at Citi Field's Jackie Robinson Rotunda on June 21, 2023. (Courtesy)

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Most American Jews say they rarely or never pray, new poll finds

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Elissa Slotkin, the Jewish Democrat chosen to rebut Trump, has a riveting family immigration story

Gen X Jewish media darling Heeb magazine mounts a comeback

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Why Trump’s attack on democracy is as deep a Jewish concern as antisemitism or Israel

What a liberal Jewish teen learned at a conference of conservatives

Hamas has made me hate. How can I pray for peace?

Colleges fare better on average as ADL grades them on antisemitism for a second time

Adrien Brody wins best actor Oscar for ‘The Brutalist,’ his 2nd for playing a Holocaust survivor

ISRAEL

Who is Edan Alexander, the American-Israeli hostage whose parents will be at Trump’s address to Congress?

Arab Israeli killed in Haifa stabbing attack as Israeli-Palestinian tensions escalate

Everything ‘alt’ is new again: Watchdogs see a mainstreaming of far-right extremism

‘No Other Land,’ about Israeli demolition of Palestinian village, wins Oscar for best documentary

Andrew Tate, ‘manosphere’ influencer now in Florida, promotes antisemitism alongside misogyny on his livestreams

Michelle Trachtenberg’s Jewish family reportedly declines autopsy for religious reasons

Orthodox pro-Israel group to honor Steve Bannon after backlash for his straight-armed gesture

Slain hostage Tsachi Idan is mourned at funeral at Hapoel Tel Aviv’s soccer stadium

Weeks after selling NYC building, Hebrew Union College sells part of LA campus to USC

Most American Jews say they rarely or never pray, new poll finds

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