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Tamar Fishman poses with the artwork that became a U.S. Postal Service stamp issued on Hanukkah 2018.

Jewish Life Stories: A pioneering Jewish papercut artist, a circus clown on a humanitarian mission

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA

Police use a water cannon to disperse protesters during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the current Israeli government, in Tel Aviv, on February 24, 2024.

Urgent appeal to Attorney-General: 'Immediately deal with police violence against protesters'

Demonstrators gather outside of Columbia University to demand a ceasefire and the end of Israeli attacks on Gaza, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, during a protest in New York, U.S., April 20, 2024.

Dueling lawsuits allege discrimination against Jews, Palestinians at Columbia

Florida Judge Roy Altman and his delegation of 14 US federal judges in front of Israel's Knesset.

US federal judge delegation explores Oct 7 challenge to Israeli legal system

By MICHAEL STARR

MOSHE MUTZ MATALON

Grapevine, February 18 2024: Fighting an IDF injustice

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

A sign hangs on a gate of a building at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., July 6, 2023.

Feds to probe Harvard’s response to harassment of pro-Palestinian students

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA

"Knowledge is Power" - Why is it important for you to know your rights?

By Seminar Hakibutzim

An urgent appeal from the United Nations in support of Omar Harfouch

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By JOHN PINCH

Illustrative image of a hacker.

Law doesn't allow police to use spyware, petitioners tell court

By MICHAEL STARR

THE MARTIN Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington: ‘Even 60 years later, Martin Luther King’s voice still resonates within me today,’ says the writer.

‘I have a dream’: Martin Luther King's words are more relevant than ever - opinion

By IRWIN COTLER

Sacha Baron Cohen arrives at the premiere of red carpet event for the screening for the Showtime Series "Who Is America", moderated by Sarah Silverman in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 15, 2019

'Borat' fights online hate speech on 60th anniversary of March to Washington

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

THE HIGH Court of Justice has been a paper tiger in everything concerning the Netanyahu bloc’s interests, says the writer

NGOs prepare High Court petitions against reasonableness

By MICHAEL STARR

NITSANA DARSHAN-LEITNER of Shurat HaDin with the family of Nohemi Gonzalez: Taking it to the Supreme Court

Shurat HaDin takes the war on terror to the internet

By ALAN ROSENBAUM

Handcuffed hands rest on prison bars. (Illustrative)

Israeli citizen administrative detention bill talks delayed by week

By MICHAEL STARR

Civilians who fled the war-torn Sudan following the outbreak of fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) arrive at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) transit centre in Renk, South Sudan, May 1, 2023.

Khartoum region under bombardment as Sudan's rivals talk

By REUTERS

Protests against cancellation of Interior Ministry services to all matters except passports

Israeli gov't passport plan a rights violation, denies urgent visas - NGOs

By MICHAEL STARR

Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy meets with civil rights leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C., June 22, 1963

Harry Belafonte, singer, civil rights activist who popularized 'Hava Nagila', dies at 96

By LISA KEYS/JTA

Alexander Gardner’s portrait of Abraham Lincoln, taken on November 8, 1863.

Passover: Landmark moments in history in the quest for freedom

By MICHAEL KATZ