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A fire at the University of Delaware Chabad in Newark, Del., has been ruled an arson, Aug. 25, 2020. Credit: Dave Wilson/Aetna Hose, Hook & Ladder Company.

Investigators confirm arson as cause of fire at University of Delaware Chabad

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A fire at the Chabad House at the University of Delaware in Newark has been ruled an arson, according to investigators. The building was set ablaze on Tuesday at about 11 p.m. Damages were estimated...
French President Emmanuel Macron has demanded that France’s judiciary “bring total clarity around the death of Sarah Halimi.” Credit: Kremlin.ru via Wikimedia Commons.

Wiesenthal Centre Appeals to French President Emmanuel Macron Regarding Antisemitism Spike over the Last...

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Paris, 28 August In a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron, the Wiesenthal Centre Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels, presented a panoply of Jew-hatred across France in only the last week. Samuels with President...

“Tumbalalaika”, sixteen versions for you to enjoy!

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Tumbalalaika is a Russian Jewish folk and love song in the Yiddish language. Tum (טום‎) is the Yiddish word for noise and a balalaika (באַלאַלײַקע‎) is a stringed musical instrument of Russian origin.
Click photo to download. Caption: Al Jolson, star of "The Jazz Singer." Credit: “Al Jolson – a Biography,” 1916.

The High Holidays in Jewish cinema

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When cinema was still in its youth, Hollywood built a story around the High Holidays. Its tale was a measure of Jewry’s ties to tradition, but also a gentle sign of its loss. In The Jazz...
Cory Doctorow from Beautiful Downtown Burbank, USA / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)

‘Progressive’ Democrats engage in regressive anti-Semitism

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Depending on one’s viewpoint, it could all make sense. Supposedly, Jews oppress Palestinians in Israel’s territories, so they must be part of white supremacy in America. Supposedly, all Jews are wealthy, so they must...
Rev. Al Sharpton. Credit: Elvert Barnes via Flickr.

Can Jews remain in coalitions with radical race-baiters?

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In theory, a planned “Virtual March on Washington” should have united the country behind the idea of racial healing. The march was intended to commemorate the historic 1963 event best remembered for Dr. Martin...
Family and friends attend the funeral of Rabbi Shai Ohayon at the Segula cemetery in Petach Tikvah on Aug. 27, 2020. Ohayon was stabbed to death just hours earlier in an apparent terrorist attack. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Rabbi slain in apparent terror attack laid to rest; assailant’s background probed

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Rabbi Shay Ohayon of Petach Tikvah was laid to rest in the city on Wednesday, just hours after being murdered by a Palestinian in an apparent terrorist attack. Ohayon, 39, leaves behind four children and...
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence addresses the Republican National Convention on Aug. 26, 2020. Source: Screenshot.

Pence, Grenell, Kellogg applaud administration’s pro-Israel accomplishments

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On the third night of the Republican National Convention, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany and acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell, and Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg—Pence’s national security...
Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi (right) with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the Liebermann Villa on the shores of Lake Wannsee in Berlin. Aug. 27, 2020. Source: Twitter/Gabi Ashkenazi.

‘Israeli government’s policy moved from annexation to normalization’

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Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said on Thursday that his government has moved away from plans to extend sovereignty to the Jordan Valley, and Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, in the wake of...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hosts Hamas leaders in Istanbul on Aug. 22, 2020. Credit: Twitter @rafsanchez.

Israel calls out Turkey for giving Hamas members passports

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Israel’s charge d’affaires in Turkey, Roey Gilad, on Wednesday confirmed reports that Turkey is granting passports to members of the Hamas terrorist organization. “Some are in the process, some already got , but we are...