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Massachusetts hate crimes rose for fourth consecutive year in 2023
Antisemitic hate crimes reported in Massachusetts increased 70% from 2022 to 2023, according to a study released by the state’s Executive Office of Public Safety and Security.
The 2023 Hate Crime Report for Massachusetts showed 119 reported...
Imam preached hatred of Jews at mosque near New Orleans attacker’s home
The leader of a Texas-based mosque in the same neighborhood as a residence belonging to Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the 42-year-old U.S. Army veteran who killed 14 people in a car-ramming attack in New Orleans on...
‘Well-developed’ Biden admin anti-Israel ‘January surprise’ planned at UN, former US official says
The Biden administration is planning a “January surprise” that is “modeled directly on the January surprise of the Obama administration in 2016—that is U.N. Resolution 2334, which basically, to put it a little bit...
High Court rejects clause in ‘Ben-Gvir Amendment’ involving police probes
Israel's Supreme Court on Thursday, while affirming the legality of most of a law granting the national security minister authority over the police, rejected a key provision that gave him power over police investigations.
The...
IDF casualty statistics highlight toll of Swords of Iron war
A total of 891 soldiers have died and 5,569 have been wounded since the Swords of Iron war began nearly 15 months ago, according to detailed casualty statistics the Israel Defense Forces released on Thursday.
The data...
Calls to ‘end the war in Gaza’ before Hamas is defeated risk us repeating...
The question of whether American Jews should criticize Israel has nothing to do with free speech, or democracy, or peace in the Middle East. It has everything to do with the real-life consequences that...
Jimmy Carter was no saint for Jews
Forgive me if I don’t join in the rush to canonize Jimmy Carter. He deserves respect for serving as president and for some meritorious accomplishments, but he was also one of, if not the...
Who calls the shots?
I think it’s incredible how the weekly Torah portion can often give us the most powerful lessons for life.
One of the most dramatic, emotionally moving biblical stories occurs this week in Vayigash when Joseph and his...
Most will remember Jimmy Carter well, ‘but maybe not by Jewish community’
In a Dec. 29 statement, U.S. President Joe Biden referred to former President Jimmy Carter, who had just died at 100, as an “extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian,” who had “compassion and moral clarity”...
After The Syrian Collapse: Terrorism, Ecstasy And “Metaphysical Fear”
ABSTRACT: Following Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s recent fall, a changing configuration of jihadi terror groups will seek power and influence. Wittingly or unwittingly, these coalescing groups could act as Tehran’s fighting surrogate against Israel...