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New Jersey Man Inspired by Hamas Attacks Tried to Join Somali Terror Group, Prosecutors Say
(JTA) - A New Jersey man inspired by the Oct. 7 attack on Israel attempted to join the al-Shabab terror group to harm the United States, a federal court in New York announced on Friday.
Karrem Nasr...
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A Day After Being Heckled for His Israel Views, Ritchie Torres Gets a Hero’s Welcome at Bronx Jewish School
NEW YORK (JTA) - The day before winter break starts is often an exciting one at school, with pizza parties, movies in class and other laid-back activities. But at SAR Academy, a Modern Orthodox K-8 da...
UN Security Council Adopts Resolution Urging Aid to Gazans, Stops Short of Calling for Ceasefire
NEW YORK (JTA) - After days of negotiations, the United States allowed the passage of a United Nations Security Council resolution urging the acceleration of assistance to Gaza Strip Palestinians, but...
Suspect arrested in antisemitic attack outside Washington, DC Shul
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Police in Washington, D.C. have arrested a man in connection with an antisemitic attack outside a synagogue Sunday morning in the district’s Georgetown neighborhood.
A statement ...
Meta Inappropriately Removed Content Related to Israel-Hamas War, Oversight Board Concludes
NEW YORK (JTA) - Automated content moderation tools deployed amid “a surge in violent and graphic content” on Facebook and Instagram after Oct. 7 went too far in removing posts that social media users...
In a Shift, Latvia and Lithuania Are Paying Holocaust Survivors and Heirs for Their Stolen Property
(JTA) — A narrow window is open now through Dec. 31 for Lithuanian Holocaust survivors and their descendants to apply for restitution, under the terms of a law passed last year.
A similar law enact...
Brooklyn Man Sentenced to Prison for Robbing Matzah Factory Ahead of Passover
A Brooklyn man was sentenced to prison for robbing a Williamsburg matzah factory as it prepared for Passover.
Muntaquim Durant, 44, stole cash and checks worth over $94,000 from the Satmar Matzah B...
A Leading Religious Zionist Rabbi Says Israelis Have Reconnected With Judaism After Oct. 7. He Hopes It Will Stick.
JERUSALEM (JTA) - A woman from a secular kibbutz on the Gaza border shouts the Shema as she celebrates the release of Israeli hostages. Hundreds of sets of ritual fringes — hanging off combat-green ga...
Hundreds of US Synagogues Receive Bomb Threats as Spree Continues Despite Arrests
NEWYORK (JTA) - Hundreds of synagogues and Jewish institutions across the United States received bomb threats by email this weekend, in a substantial acceleration of a months-long spree of hoax threat...
FBI Arrests California Minor for Role in Synagogue Swatting Ring
NEW YORK (JTA) - The FBI announced the arrest of a minor who will be charged for two online swatting hoaxes perpetrated against synagogues in Orange County, California.
The suspect, whose name was ...
GOP Picks Mazi Melesa Pilip, Ethiopian-Born Israeli-American, to Run To Replace George Santos
NEW YORK (JTA) - Long Island Republicans selected Mazi Melesa Pilip, an Ethiopian Jewish Nassau County legislator, to run in the special election to replace George Santos, who was expelled after he wa...
From Kibbutz Be’Eri to the White House, Menorahs Retrieved From Oct. 7 Wreckage Light Up for Hanukkah
NEW YORK (JTA) - When New York City’s mayor lit Hanukkah candles with some of his Jewish constituents this week, he didn’t turn to a menorah with a long local history. Instead, he used one crafted fro...
Families of American Hostages Meet With Biden in Person for the First Time
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Wearing black T-shirts bearing the photos of their captive loved ones, families of American hostages held by Hamas met face-to-face with President Joe Biden for the first time, part...
Dutch Mayor Refuses to Be Photographed With Israeli Ambassador at Hanukkah Event, Setting off Media Frenzy
(JTA) - A Hanukkah celebration in the Dutch town of Enschede took a bitter turn after its mayor refused to be seen near the Israeli ambassador to the Netherlands.
Jaap Hartog, chairman of the Ensch...
Fizz Ed: The Brooklyn Seltzer Museum Tells the Fascinating History of ‘Jewish Champagne’
NEW YORK (JTA) - On a recent Sunday in Brooklyn, some 100 people, mostly families, gathered for a Hanukkah party that offered something a bit different than the typical latkes and games of dreidel. In...
Javier Milei Cites Hanukkah Story, Gives Menorah to Zelensky During Inauguration as Argentina’s President
ARGENTINA (JTA) - Javier Milei invoked the story of the Maccabees in his inaugural address as Argentina’s president on Sunday, extending the right-wing populist’s prominent fascination with Judaism as...
NYPD Asking Public for Help Identifying Suspects in Trio of Anti-Semitic Incidents
NEW YORK - With members of New York City’s Jewish community continuing to find themselves targeted for violence, the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force has been inundated with work, releasing footage of mu...
Meta Oversight Board Will Rule — At Unusual Speed — On Two Deleted Posts Related to Israel-Hamas War
NEW YORK (JTA) - The independent panel that rules on disputes at the world’s largest social media company is taking up two challenged posts about the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, in cases with potential ...
German State of Saxony-Anhalt Now Requires Citizenship Applicants to Sign Statement in Support of Israel
BERLIN (JTA) — Recognizing Israel’s right to exist is now mandatory for those who want to become German citizens in the former East German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
Applicants living in the state wil...