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First responders and emergency vehicles at the scene of a car-ramming attack in Israel on Feb. 27, 2025. (Courtesy of Magen David Adom)

17-year-old Israeli injured in car-ramming dies of her wounds

Ben Sales, JTAPublished March 5, 2025

A 17-year-old Israeli girl who was critically injured in a terror attack last week has died of her wounds. Yahli Gur was one of more than a dozen people wounded when an attacker rammed his vehicle into a bus stop roughly midway between Tel Aviv and...

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 04: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. Vice President JD Vance and Speaker of the House (R-LA) applaud behind. President Trump was expected to address Congress on his early achievements of his presidency and his upcoming legislative agenda. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Israel, Gaza and hostages get brief mention in Trump’s address to Congress

Ben Sales, JTAPublished March 4, 2025

President Donald Trump briefly mentioned the war in Gaza in a sprawling address to Congress on Tuesday, referencing the ceasefire and hostage release deal his team helped broker in January. He also briefly spoke of plans for a “Golden Dome” modeled...

On the anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, USC students walk out of class and march around their campus in support of Palestinians and the divest movement on Monday, October 7, 2024 in Los Angeles. President Trump's executive order on Jan. 29, 2025, suggests that foreign-born protesters who express support for terrorism be deported. (Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Trump threatens to pull funding from campuses that allow ‘illegal protests,’ endorses mask ban

Ben Sales, JTAPublished March 4, 2025

President Donald Trump threatened to pull funding from campuses that permit “illegal protests,” said he would deport foreigners involved in those protests and appeared to endorse a ban on masks at demonstrations. The threat, made on social media,...

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In new Passover children’s books include a mystery, Obama’s White House seder and a graphic novel from writer Dara Horn

Penny Schwartz, JTAPublished March 4, 2025

An endless Passover seder takes center stage in “One Little Goat: A Passover Catastrophe,” by writer Dara Horn and illustrator Theo Ellsworth, award-winners who teamed up for a humor-filled, time-travel graphic novel for young people. The tale...

NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander at a campaign stop in Manhattan on Feb. 28.

St. Louis’ own Brad Lander running for mayor of NYC and fighting antisemitic hate

By Jacob Kornbluh, The ForwardPublished March 3, 2025

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Brad Lander, one of two Jewish candidates in New York City’s crowded mayoral race, drew on his background and the city’s...

Jewish newspaper editor fired after running cartoon about Gaza

Jewish newspaper editor fired after running cartoon about Gaza

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished March 3, 2025

A Florida editor says he was fired by his local paper, part of a national network, after he ran a cartoon that was critical of the death toll in the war in Gaza. Tony Doris says he was fired as editorial page editor at the Palm Beach Post in February...

Tami Schlossberg Pruwer and Julie Silverstein (Courtesy)

When women with “chutzpah” came to St. Louis

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished March 3, 2025

Throughout history, Jewish women have embodied chutzpah—boldness, resilience, and the audacity to break barriers. From politics to science to the arts, their stories have shaped communities and changed the course of history. The new book "Chutzpah...

Adrien Brody and Mikey Madison accepting their Oscars during the Oscars show at the 97th Academy Awards in Hollywood.

Jewish talent shines at the 2025 Academy Awards

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished March 2, 2025

Well, that was a show. The 97th Academy Awards wrapped up, and if there’s one thing we can say, it’s that Jewish filmmakers, actors and creatives made a serious impact on Hollywood’s biggest night. We had big wins, a few surprises and oh yeah,...

An image of Adolf Eichmann, from the Tuviah Friedman Archive, the National Library of Israel

Argentina’s Nazi secrets could soon be exposed

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished February 28, 2025

In a historic decision, Argentina has granted the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) full access to previously sealed Nazi-era financial archives. The move, ordered by President Javier Milei, is an unprecedented step toward uncovering how South American banking...

Michelle Trachtenberg, pictured in 2007. (J. Meric/WireImage for Manning, Selvage and Lee)

Michelle Trachtenberg, Jewish ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘Buffy’ star, dies at 39

Ben Sales, JTAPublished February 26, 2025

(JTA) — Michelle Trachtenberg, who starred in films and TV shows ranging from “Harriet the Spy” to “Gossip Girl,” has died at 39. She was discovered Wednesday in a Manhattan apartment complex, according to the New York Post. The cause of...

About 100 women, including activist Lizzy Savetsky holding a #MeToo sign, protested outside the New York City headquarters of U.N. Women for its weak responses to the violent Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on scores of women, Nov. 27, 2023. Photo by Roi Boshi.

Pro-Israel influencer Lizzy Savetsky opens up on sharing Kahane video

Amelie Botbol, JNSPublished February 26, 2025

Lizzy Savetsky, a top influencer and pro-Israel activist, sparked controversy this week after posting to social media a clip of Meir Kahane conveying the message that Arabs in the Middle East only understand force and fear. Back in the 1980s, Kahane,...

U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff (right) speaks at an American Jewish Committee event in Washington on Feb. 25, 2025. Credit: AJC/Aryeh Photo

Removing Hamas from power ‘red line’ for Trump, Middle East envoy says

Andrew Bernard, (JNS)Published February 26, 2025

Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, said on Tuesday that removing Hamas from power in Gaza was a “red line” for the Trump administration as Israel and Hamas prepare for the next round of ceasefire negotiations. Speaking at the...

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