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Brooklyn woman charged with making ‘terroristic threat’ to public school over ‘Zionist’ student body

About Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences, Iman Abdul wrote that “Lexus driving Israhell loving Zionisits all attend here.” -- The post Brooklyn woman charged with making ‘terroristic Learn more

Cuomo comes for Mamdani’s $2,300 apartment

Plus, another leading Democrat rejects Mamdani's belief that billionaires shouldn't exist -- The post Cuomo comes for Mamdani’s $2,300 apartment appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Learn more

Bono, citing Rabbi Sharon Brous and Mandy Patinkin, condemns Israel over war in Gaza

In his statement, Bono wrote that the Israeli government "deserves a categorical and unequivocal condemnation." -- The post Bono, citing Rabbi Sharon Brous and Mandy Patinkin, condemns Israel over war Learn more

Citing ‘the Jewish imperative’ to act, UJA-Federation pledges $1M for Gaza aid

The donation from New York's Jewish federation will go to IsraAID, an Israeli disaster relief organization that operates abroad. -- The post Citing ‘the Jewish imperative’ to act, UJA-Federation pledges Learn more

The sentence “reflects the gravity of Russell’s ongoing threat to public safety,” stated a U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland. The post Neo-Nazi leader sentenced to 20 years in Learn more

The “Times” ran a “postage-size” correction to a story that slandered Israel, according to the Israeli premier. The post Israel ‘looking into’ government lawsuit against ‘New York Times,’ Netanyahu tells Learn more

“It’s a stunning, insane story,” Lori Lowenthal Marcus, legal director of The Deborah Project, told JNS. The post Philadelphia public school district ‘fanned flames’ against Jewish students, lawsuit alleges  appeared Learn more

Those who validate blood libels about Israel’s deliberately starving Palestinians are complicit in the antisemitic attacks on Jews that will happen long after the war ends. The post The generational Learn more

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