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Then-Chief Rabbi of Moscow Pinchas Goldschmidt helps to write a new Torah scroll in the Western Wall tunnels in Jerusalem, May 21, 2014. Photo by Flash90.

Former Moscow chief rabbi, European Jewry win Charlemagne Prize

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The western German city of Aachen, which has awarded an annual Charlemagne Prize for nearly 75 years, has recognized Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt and European Jewry with the 2024 prize, named for the medieval Frankish...
Israel's U20 men's ice hockey team after winning the gold medal in Sofia, Bulgaria, Jan. 27, 2024. Credit: International Ice Hockey Federation.

Israeli hockey wins gold at U20 tourney after ban reversed

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Israel's Under-20 men's national ice hockey team skated to a gold medal with a perfect record at the world championship tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria, that concluded on Saturday. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) initially banned the...
A Jewish school enlists the support of a community in the attempt to beat an existing record and make the longest challah, Jan. 19, 2024. Credit: Courtesy of Congregation Rodeph Sholom.

Seeking a world record with a pretty big twist

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Members of the New York Jewish community are hoping to set a Guinness World Record for the lengthiest challah after making a 35-foot-long braided bread and submitting proof of their results to the organization...
Memorial Church at Harvard University. Source: 365 Focus Photography/Shutterstock

House committee pushes Harvard to provide more materials on antisemitism

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The U.S. House of Representatives could intensify efforts to discover the scope of the Harvard University administration’s actions to address students grappling with antisemitism. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), who serves as chair for the House...
U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) speaks during a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. Photo by Lev Radin/Shutterstock.

Defund Israel X account, Jewish babies with ‘pure bloodlines,’ Bowman loses ‘J Street’ endorsement

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Brent Wood, 33, of Toledo, Ohio, who allegedly attacked two Jews outside Kesher Israel, an Orthodox congregation in Washington, was a no-show in D.C. Superior Court. The Toronto Police Service announced the arrest of Ian Locke, 40, who allegedly vandalized the...
U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks to reporters at the White House, Oct. 3, 2023. Photo by Oliver Contreras/White House.

White House: UNRWA has done ‘a lot of amazing work’ in Gaza

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John Kirby, the U.S. National Security Council spokesman, on Monday lauded the "good work" done by UNRWA amid mounting evidence that more than a thousand of the U.N. agency's employees are members of terrorist...
Hamas terrorists celebrating the anniversary of kidnapping the body of Israeli soldier Shaul Aron in 2014, July 20, 2022. Photo by Anas-Mohammed/Shutterstock.

Terrorgram: More evidence of UNRWA support for Hamas

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A UN Watch report released this week further bolsters the assertions of UNRWA's critics that the Palestinian aid agency, rife with terrorism supporters, is beyond repair. UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, has...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a press conference in Tel Aviv on Jan. 9. 2024. Credit: Chuck Kennedy/U.S. State Department.

Blinken to visit Israel for sixth time since Oct. 7

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel for three days beginning on Feb. 3, his sixth trip to the Jewish state since Hamas invaded the northwestern Negev on Oct. 7. Blinken was in the...

Rev. Hayley Ace: You can’t be Christian and not love Israel and the Jewish...

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Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem Fleur Hassan-Nahoum and political commentator/moderator Ashira Solomon interview Rev. Hayley Ace of Lea Valley Church, the founder of Christian Action Against Antisemitism and a member of New Zealand’s Maori minority. She...
The leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar hosts a meeting with members of Palestinian factions in Gaza City, on April 13, 2022. Photo by Attia Muhammed/Flash90.

Secret document details Hamas psychological warfare

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Israeli forces in Gaza recently found a secret document written by a senior Hamas official detailing the terrorist group's psychological warfare strategy against the Israeli public, Channel 12 reported on Monday. Furthermore, the document was discovered at...