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 Rabbi Jennie Rosenn blows the shofar at the "Jewish Climate Action, Hear The Call Senator Schumer" event in New York City on September 12, 2021.

Union for Reform Judaism pledges to divest millions from fossil fuel industry

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA
 Jewish food influencer Joan Nathan

Joan Nathan, pioneering Jewish food maven, dishes all in her new autobiography

By RACHEL RINGLER/JTA
 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with then-US president Donald Trump in the Oval Office, in 2020. The suppression of the Palestinian cause in global politics was largely due to Israeli efforts during the Trump administration, the writer notes.

Donald Trump: I blame Joe Biden for October 7 attacks on Israel

 New York State Governor Kathy Hochul speaks at the "New York Stands with Israel" rally in New York, U.S. October 10, 2023.

New York Republican state senators release antisemitism report, legislation

 Israelis gather in Tel Aviv for the release of Gaza hostages on November 25, 2023

US Rabbis urge 'sponsor of terror' Qatar to free hostages at Beverly Hills rally

 Jenni Asher works at Hamakom, a Conservative synagogue in Los Angeles, while studying at the Academy for Jewish Religion California to become a cantor. When she is ordained, she will be the first Black woman cantor in the United States.

Jenni Asher is set to become first ordained Black woman cantor

By ANDREW ESENSTEN/JTA , SHOSHANA MCKINNEY KIRYA-ZIRABA/JTA
 A CHALKING at a Students for Justice in Palestine event at the University of Maryland includes a Palestinian flag along with ‘From the river to the sea.’

Feds open antisemitism investigation at a Maryland school district after complaint

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
 A US courtroom

Baltimore rabbi found liable for sexually abusing two children at Jewish summer camp

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
The rainbow flag, commonly known as the gay pride flag or LGBT pride flag, is seen during the first Gay Pride parade in Skopje, North Macedonia June 29, 2019

Brooklyn ‘Queer icon’ and progressive Jewish activist, Shelly Weiss, dies at 77

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden answers a question as President Donald Trump listens during the second and final presidential debate at the Curb Event Center at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., October 22, 2020.

Jewish New Yorkers prefer Trump over Biden

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden delivers remarks at the White House, last Thursday. He declared that Israel’s response in Gaza is ‘over the top.’

Jewish Democrats in Congress call for temporary ceasefire to return hostages, provide aid to Gaza

 DEMONSTRATORS RALLY in solidarity with Israel and against antisemitism, in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, in May.

US Jewish orgs lobby Congress to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism in new letter

 Students leave William Wells High School, part of Chicago Public Schools, March 14, 2022, in Chicago Illinois. CPS is the subject of a new federal Title VI discrimination investigation with the Department of Education.

Chicago school district faces faces Title VI investigation after pro-Palestinian walkout

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, on February 18, 2024

Netanyahu urges Jewish American leaders to pressure Qatar on hostage deal

 A pro-Palestinian demonstrator holds a sign, as they take part in a protest against US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Turkey, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Istanbul, November 4, 2023.

American Jewish Committee CEO reacts to new data revealing US Jews feel less safe

New York police officers stand guard as pro-Israel and pro-Palestinians students demonstrate, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza, at Columbia University in New York City, US, October 12, 2023

NYPD reports 31 antisemitic incidents in January as surge continues four months after Oct. 7

By Luke Tress/JTA
 The Israeli flag.

New York man attacked by pro-Palestinian for having Israeli flag outside home

 Ari Kapelyan, along with fellow Cornell students and faculty members, recently visited Israel, meeting with Cornell alumni residing here.

Jewish students are heroes in the face of campus antisemitism - opinion

By STEVE ADLER