Lee Zeldin Places a Mezuza at His E.P.A. Office
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Lee Zeldin Places a Mezuza at His E.P.A. Office

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines It was a moment of religious reflection, perhaps a rare one, in a Washington federal building. Lee Zeldin, the first Jewish administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, on Thursday affixed a mezuza — a parchment scroll inscribed with Jewish prayers, encased in a…

Man Is Charged With Federal Hate Crimes in Assaults on Jewish Protesters
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Man Is Charged With Federal Hate Crimes in Assaults on Jewish Protesters

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A New York man has been charged with federal hate crimes in three assaults on Jewish protesters at demonstrations over the war in Gaza, according to an indictment released on Wednesday. The man, Tarek Bazrouk, 20, was arrested at three separate protests in…

After Pro-Israel Crowd Assaults Woman, Protesters Rally in Brooklyn
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After Pro-Israel Crowd Assaults Woman, Protesters Rally in Brooklyn

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A small group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, shadowed by a heavy police presence, rallied in Brooklyn on Monday night to condemn the actions of a crowd of pro-Israel counterprotesters who verbally and physically assaulted a woman there last week. After gathering at Barclays Center,…

Opinion | The Jewish Students Caught Up in Trump’s Antisemitism Crackdown
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Opinion | The Jewish Students Caught Up in Trump’s Antisemitism Crackdown

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Given these figures, it’s not surprising that Jews have taken a leading role in the protests against Israel’s assault on Gaza. Eleven days after Oct. 7, 2023, progressive and anti-Zionist Jewish groups, including Jewish Voice for Peace, gathered roughly 400 protesters, many wearing…

Protests Against Israeli Official Heat Up Outside Synagogue in Brooklyn
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Protests Against Israeli Official Heat Up Outside Synagogue in Brooklyn

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators clashed on Sunday with the police and counterprotesters near a synagogue in Brooklyn, where a far-right Israeli national security minister had been expected to speak, according to the police and video footage of the protest. It erupted in front…

Protesters Near Yale Hurl Water Bottles at Far-Right Israeli Official
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Protesters Near Yale Hurl Water Bottles at Far-Right Israeli Official

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Hundreds of demonstrators in New Haven, Conn., gathered late on Wednesday to denounce a visit by Israel’s far-right national security minister, who had been invited to speak at an event near Yale University’s campus. Some demonstrators hurled water bottles at the official, Itamar…

Opinion | Chuck Schumer Isn’t Jewish Like the Pope Isn’t Catholic
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Opinion | Chuck Schumer Isn’t Jewish Like the Pope Isn’t Catholic

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Harvard was also the place where Schumer first saw left-wing antisemitism in action — using the cloak of anti-Zionism, as it often does today. At a 1970 campus speech by the Israeli foreign minister, Abba Eban, students in the gallery unfurled a banner…

Israel’s Newest Army Recruits: the Ultra-Orthodox
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Israel’s Newest Army Recruits: the Ultra-Orthodox

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines They weren’t supposed to fight. At Israel’s founding in 1948, the new nation’s leaders agreed that ultra-Orthodox men — known as the Haredim, or God-fearing, in Hebrew — would be spared from mandatory military service. In exchange, Haredi leaders lent their support for…

Trump Pulled 0 million From Columbia. Other Schools Could Be Next.
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Trump Pulled $400 million From Columbia. Other Schools Could Be Next.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump Administration’s abrupt withdrawal of $400 million in federal funding from Columbia University cast a pall over at least nine other campuses worried they could be next. The schools, a mix that includes both public universities and Ivy League institutions, have been…

Peter Sichel, Wine Merchant With a Cloak-and-Dagger Past, Dies at 102
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Peter Sichel, Wine Merchant With a Cloak-and-Dagger Past, Dies at 102

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Refugee, prisoner, wine merchant, spy: Peter Sichel was many things in his long, colorful life, but he was probably most often identified as the man who made Blue Nun one of the most popular wines in the world in the 1970s and ’80s….