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German Jews express alarm after J.D. Vance’s comments boost far-right AfD ahead of election

AfD is topping 20% in some polls ahead of the vote on Sunday.

Election campaign posters of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) show local candidate Arne Raue and chancellor candidate Alice Weidel near Brandenburg, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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Washington University in St. Louis has quietly opened its doors to Jewish students leaving uncomfortable campuses

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We couldn’t save the Bibas boys, but we can still choose life

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The Bibas family embodied our hope and despair. Where do we turn when hope is dashed?

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Are charter schools public schools? The question that has divided educators now has religious implications.

Politics

Eric Adams stands by comparing calls for his resignation to ‘Mein Kampf’

By Ben Sales February 19, 2025 11:37 pm

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DeSantis appointee to Florida university board under fire for comments about Jews, women

By Andrew Lapin February 19, 2025 6:13 pm

ISRAEL

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Shiri Bibas’ body returned to Israel; 6 living hostages released, last under current ceasefire

Israel

Netanyahu says Israel is ‘leveling entire streets used by terrorists’ in West Bank after bus explosions near Tel Aviv

Politics

After pushback, Trump says he’s ‘not forcing’ his plan to depopulate and take over Gaza

Obituaries

Marian Turski, Holocaust survivor and co-founder of Warsaw’s landmark Jewish museum, dies at 98

By Andrew Silow-Carroll February 19, 2025 4:45 pm

Israelis hold photographs of Shiri, Kfir and Ariel Bibas at a gathering calling for their release at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, on November 28, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Obituaries

Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel, redheaded symbols of Israel’s anguish, were killed while held hostage in Gaza, Israel confirms

By Philissa Cramer February 19, 2025 2:02 pm

United States

2 NYC yeshivas are not meeting standards and must effectively close, state rules

By Asaf Elia-Shalev February 19, 2025 11:18 am

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A pro-Palestinian protest and pro-Israel counterprotest in the heavily Jewish neoghborhood of Borough Park, Brooklyn on Feb. 18, 2025. (Screenshot)

United States

Brawls break out surrounding pro-Palestinian protest in heavily Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park

By Ben Sales February 19, 2025 9:38 am

A rally marking 500 days since the Oct. 7 attack, held at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv on Feb. 17, 2025. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israel

At a Jaffa community center and beyond, tragic news of Bibas family’s fate sparks confusion, mourning and rage

By Deborah Danan February 18, 2025 6:56 pm

Politics

More than 50 NY rabbis implore Eric Adams and Kathy Hochul to oppose mass deportations

By Ben Sales February 18, 2025 3:56 pm

Israel

Hamas official says bodies of Bibas family will return to Israel on Thursday

By Ben Sales February 18, 2025 9:52 am

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German Jews express alarm after J.D. Vance’s comments boost far-right AfD ahead of election

Washington University in St. Louis has quietly opened its doors to Jewish students leaving uncomfortable campuses

IDEAS

We couldn’t save the Bibas boys, but we can still choose life

The Bibas family embodied our hope and despair. Where do we turn when hope is dashed?

Are charter schools public schools? The question that has divided educators now has religious implications.

Eric Adams stands by comparing calls for his resignation to ‘Mein Kampf’

DeSantis appointee to Florida university board under fire for comments about Jews, women

ISRAEL

Shiri Bibas’ body returned to Israel; 6 living hostages released, last under current ceasefire

Netanyahu says Israel is ‘leveling entire streets used by terrorists’ in West Bank after bus explosions near Tel Aviv

After pushback, Trump says he’s ‘not forcing’ his plan to depopulate and take over Gaza

Marian Turski, Holocaust survivor and co-founder of Warsaw’s landmark Jewish museum, dies at 98

Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel, redheaded symbols of Israel’s anguish, were killed while held hostage in Gaza, Israel confirms

2 NYC yeshivas are not meeting standards and must effectively close, state rules

Brawls break out surrounding pro-Palestinian protest in heavily Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park

At a Jaffa community center and beyond, tragic news of Bibas family’s fate sparks confusion, mourning and rage

More than 50 NY rabbis implore Eric Adams and Kathy Hochul to oppose mass deportations

Hamas official says bodies of Bibas family will return to Israel on Thursday

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