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Antisemitic Assaults and Vandalism Are Down on Campuses but Online Bullying Is Up, Hillel Finds
By Grace Gilson (JTA) July 17, 2025 — The number of antisemitic assaults and acts of vandalism on college campuses fell sharply in the last school year, according to Hillel International. And the pro-Palestinian encampments that ignited fear among many Jewish college students in early 2024 effectively disappeared in the year since, with just nine…
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Man Who Firebombed Boulder March for Israeli hostages Indicted on Hate crime Charge
By Grace Gilson June 26, 2025 (JTA) — The man who allegedly hurled molotov cocktails at people demonstrating in Boulder, Colorado to draw attention to the Israeli hostages in Gaza has been indicted on 12 hate crime counts, according to the Department of Justice. Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, was initially charged with one count of…
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Maccabiah Games Postponed to 2026, as Israel-Iran War Disruptions Start to Pile Up
By Philissa Cramer (JTA) — The Maccabiah Games scheduled for Tel Aviv next month will be postponed to 2026 amid widespread disruption wrought by the Israel-Iran war. The games, seen as akin to a Jewish Olympics, had been set to open July 8, with preliminary activities beginning earlier in July. It would have brought 8,000…
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Israel Strikes Iran’s Nuclear Program and Warns Israelis to Expect Counterattack
Philissa Cramer June 12, 2025 (JTA) — This is a developing story and will be updated. Israel announced that it has launched a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities and has warned Israelis to prepare for a potential counterattack. “Following the State of Israel’s preemptive strike against Iran, a missile and drone attack against the…
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Noa Argamani, ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt mong Over a Dozen Jews on 2025 TIME 100 List
By Grace Gilson (JTA) — Former Israeli hostage Noa Argamani and Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt were included along with over a dozen Jews in Time Magazine’s 100 “Most Influential” list this year. Their inclusion — in the “Leaders” and “Titans” sections of the annual list — points to the ongoing significance of Hamas’ Oct.…
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Kanye West Bought a Super Bowl Ad. His Product? A Swastika T-shirt.
By Ben Sales (JTA) — Among the star-studded Super Bowl ads that viewers saw during Sunday’s game was an awkward 30-second spot, filmed vertically on an iPhone, in which the rapper Ye talks about his new teeth and instructs the audience to go to Yeezy.com. As of the morning after the game, when they visited…
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In the Post-Oct. 7 World, This Summit on Fighting Antisemitism Aims to Equip Attendees with Information and Real-World Tools
By Suzanne Kurtz Sloan Feb. 6, 2025 (JTA) — When ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt spoke in December at an event in New York, he told the audience, “If you ask me today’s date, I would tell you it’s October 8.” The leader of ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) was discussing the coordinated attacks on Israeli soccer…
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Hostages Emily Damari, Romi Gonen, Doron Steinbrecher Released as Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Sets In
By Philissa Cramer January 19, 2025 (JTA) — Three women whom Hamas held hostage in Gaza for more than 470 days are returning to Israel as a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war went into effect on Sunday morning. The women were all alive and exited on their own from a Hamas vehicle, according to footage…
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Israeli Leaders Convene To Approve Ceasefire Deal
By Ben Sales (JTA) — After more than a day of delays, Israel’s security cabinet has gathered to formally approve an agreement to stop the fighting in Gaza, paving the way for hostages to be released beginning on Sunday. Later in the day, the full Israeli government will assemble to approve the deal, which negotiators…
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