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Digital influencer Lizzy Savetsky poses with husband Dr. Ira Savetsky and daughters Stella, 10, and Juliet, 8. Source: lizzyaavetsky/Instagram.

Lizzy Savetsky, Orthodox Jew, quits ‘Real Housewives of NYC’

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Reality television fans were looking forward to seeing Lizzy Savetsky, a pro-Israel, Orthodox Jew, on the upcoming 14th season of the Bravo channel’s “The Real Housewives of New York City.” However, she left the series...
Ukrainian Jews arrive on aliyah at Ben-Gurion Airport, Feb. 20, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Russian aliyah spikes in 2022

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More than four times as many persons made aliyah from Russia in the first 10 months of 2022 than in all of last year, according to Ofek Israeli—The National Aliyah Promotion Company. A total of 32,494 Russian...
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra rehearses before its Nov. 14 performance at Carnegie Hall. Credit: Ron Oren.

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, led for the first time by an Israeli, conquers New York’s...

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In a grand send-off, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) completed its first tour in three years with a performance at New York’s legendary Carnegie Hall on Monday. The tour marked the first under its newest...
The White House - Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Road to the Jewish White House

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Jared Polis, Joshua Shapiro and Lee Zeldin ended the day, on Tuesday, Nov. 8, able to claim vast political accomplishments. All three can be credited with consolidating or augmenting power in their states for...

Trump is entitled to gratitude, not a free pass for 2024

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The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) took a lot of flak for choosing to honor former President Donald Trump at its annual gala this past week. Trump isn’t just disliked by the majority of American Jews who...
Then-House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R.-Calif.) speaks on day two of the 2016 RNC, July 19, 2016. Credit: Voice of America via Wikimedia Commons.

Republicans recapture House by narrow margin

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Republicans have secured at least 218 seats in the House of Representatives, giving them a small majority over the Democrats. There are still several races in the 435-member chamber of Congress that have yet...
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Source: Twitter.

Erdogan, who supports Hamas, extends condolences on Ariel terror attack

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan extended condolences to Israelis on Thursday following this week’s Palestinian terrorist attack in Ariel and promised to work towards bringing about a “new age” in ties between Ankara and...
Religious Zionist Party chairman MK Bezalel Smotrich speaks at the Knesset ceremony marking the 27th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Nov. 6, 2022. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

‘Respect our democracy’: Smotrich slams US over implied warning on defense portfolio

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The Religious Zionist Party criticized the Biden administration on Wednesday after U.S. ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides implicitly warned Israeli Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu against appointing party head Bezalel Smotrich as the next defense...
The Combat Antisemitism Movement and the Fighting Online Antisemitism organization announce the launch of a new platform that provides step-by-step guides to facilitate the reporting of hateful content on social media sites.

‘Report It’: New online portal to combat antisemitism

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The Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) and the Fighting Online Antisemitism (FOA) organization on Wednesday announced launch of a new portal, called “Report It,” to help people fight against antisemitic content online. The new platform also...
A protester hold up a picture of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman whose death in the custody of Iran's "morality police" has sparked widespread unrest. Credit: Twitter.

Iranian women: Mahsa Amini incident was the ‘last straw’

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Massive protests have been raging across Iran since ethnic Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died in the hospital following a beating by the regime’s morality police—a claim the authorities deny despite eyewitness statements to the...