As Jews around the world prepared for Rosh Hashana, President Trump wished his “Jewish brothers and sisters” a happy holiday.
In 2019, he extended a version of the same greeting to …
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By Ben Sales, JTA
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10/14/20
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This is hardly the first time in recent memory when the ability of Jews to play non-Jewish roles has come into question. It’s also not the first time that a Jewish movie star playing the …
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By Gabe Friedman, JTA
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10/14/20
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A social media storm erupted after the announcement that Israeli actress Gal Gadot will portray the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra in a blockbuster film. Critics complained that Gadot is neither Egyptian …
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By Marcy Oster, JTA
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10/14/20
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I’m not sure the world needed another movie about Cleopatra. And the career arc of Israeli actress Gal Gadot, who became an international superstar with her “Wonder Woman” films, …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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10/14/20
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A congressional candidate in Georgia, Marjorie Taylor Greene, suggested that George Soros and the Rothschild family are involved in a cabal of Democratic pedophiles. On Twitter, she repeatedly called …
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By Ben Sales, JTA
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10/14/20
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The protective locked door had kept out the shooter.
One year ago, that was the bright spot in the aftermath of the attempted synagogue shooting on Yom Kippur in Halle, a sleepy …
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By Joe Baur, JTA
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10/1/20
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This line from the rap album “Apocalypse ’91” by Public Enemy served, 30 years ago, as my introduction to a disturbing, perverse accusation that was prevalent in some left-wing …
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By Ben Cohen
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9/23/20
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A firestorm of anti-Jewish venom, often fueled by anti-Zionism — including BDS advocacy that assaults the heart of Jewish identity — continued to spread this week, both in the US and …
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By The Jewish Star from Combined Sources
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9/9/20
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Due to the global coronavirus pandemic, this year’s CAMERA conference moved to Zoom, drawing more than 100 students from 66 universities in North America, the United Kingdom and Israel. The …
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By Eliana Rudee, JNS
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8/19/20
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Across the room sat a man, a murderer, who had tried to kill me and 51 others praying in the Halle Synagogue last Yom Kippur. Responding to question after question from the judge, he espoused the …
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By Rebecca Blady
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8/19/20
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