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Meta asks for content moderation help with posts that say ‘all Israelis are criminals’

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Under fire from Congress, Northwestern’s Jewish president forcefully defends encampment deal

Separated after Oct. 7, an Israeli high school basketball team reunites in NYC

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Is a bill targeting support for terrorism a necessary tool after Oct. 7, or authoritarian overreach?

Norway, Spain and Ireland will all recognize Palestinian state

Israeli government briefly confiscates Associated Press equipment under new press law

Rutgers Jewish students, faculty decry ‘intimidating’ environment ahead of congressional hearing

Video of Israelis trashing Gaza aid leads to clashes between rival activists

IDEAS

In ‘Here There Are Blueberries,’ playwrights Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich focus on the perpetrators of the Holocaust

When Jewish holidays can seem like too much, and meaning-making too soon

The Drake-Kendrick Lamar ‘Great Rap War’ is a battlefield of race, identity — and Jewishness

A high school staging of ‘Fiddler’ takes on a ‘whole new meaning’ after Oct. 7

Manhattan Jewish day school removes teacher following arrest over past child sex abuse allegations

How a Brooklyn Jewish day school principal taught ‘Sesame Street’ how to celebrate Shabbat

Meta asks for content moderation help with posts that say ‘all Israelis are criminals’

Biden: Israel will get ‘everything it needs’ to fight Hamas; Gaza war is ‘not genocide’

Meet Jill Hausman, the real rabbi who grimaced through jokes about Jews on SNL’s ‘Weekend Update’

Jewish artist Tobi Kahn mounts a site-specific retrospective at the Museum at Eldridge Street

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