Why Jews dance with a closed book
After an entire year of reading the Torah, when we reach its end, we celebrate. Then, after all that dancing, we open the Torah again—immediately.
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Students, alumni refile lawsuit against George Washington University alleging that it failed to address campus Jew-hatred
The plaintiffs filed the amended complaint after a federal judge dismissed their original filing in July for failing to meet federal pleading requirements.
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Qatari envoy accuses Huckabee of ‘promoting interests of Israel’s leadership’
“It is regrettable that Amb. Huckabee is peddling Benjamin Netanyahu’s talking points,” Meshal Hamad Al Thani wrote.
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Massachusetts man charged with cyberstalking GOP adviser, referring to her husband as ‘Jewish Nazi’
John Anthony Proia III allegedly harassed the victim at least 40 times using multiple phone numbers in August and September.
Source: JNS90
Mamdani’s MOCAry of the struggle against antisemitism
The central task now is to understand what the New York City mayor’s game really is.
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Lebanon has a ‘rare moment’ to disarm Hezbollah, Gottheimer says
“Many of the leadership are saying the right things,” the New Jersey congressman said. “Now, it’s a question of making it happen and making it happen…
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Waltz blasts Russia, China for killing Iran snapback sanctions panel at United Nations
“Those who vetoed this resolution love to lecture all of us on their love for the U.N. Charter and this institution,” the U.S. envoy said.
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‘Everything literally under the sukkah was taken,’ Oregon Hillel says of holiday theft
“The feeling that our new home could be desecrated so quickly—really unsettling and really sad,” Lenny Steinberg, of the Hillel, told JNS.
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Lawyer fined for saying pro-Israel donors helped get Emory doctor fired
The attorney must pay $6,000 for pursuing frivolous conspiracy claims against donors to pro-Israel groups.
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Superintendent of heavily Jewish Maryland county admits 'misstep' in handling Nazi swastika incident
"More must be done, and on that we agree," the head of the public school system in Montgomery County wrote to Jewish clergy. "At the same…
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Days leading up to third Oct. 7 anniversary ‘very triggering’ for survivors, says legal scholar who documented crimes during the massacre
“We feel that we made one huge achievement and that is to move the conversation from whether these crimes happened to what are their consequences,” Israeli…
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Yaniv the plumber, Simchat Torah and the survival of the Jewish people
The Torah itself teaches us to keep moving. We finish, and we begin again. We reach the end, and immediately, we return to the beginning.
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US Energy Department staffer faces up to 20 years for alleged effort to aid Houthis
“These allegations are so deeply disturbing that they almost defy imagination,” the assistant U.S. attorney general stated.
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Ambassador to UAE says flydubai incident didn't weaken Israel-Emirati relations – interview
“Of course there is concern," Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Yossi Shelley told The Jerusalem Post, adding that the incident showed the strength of the…
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