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Israel’s UN Ambassador tells security council UNWRA has 48 hours left
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Israel’s UN Ambassador tells security council UNWRA has 48 hours left

 Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, officially informed the members of the UN Security Council that, within 48 hours, the State of Israel will cease cooperation with UNRWA – the UN Relief Workers Agency that works with people in Gaza. “UNRWA must stop its activities and evacuate all its facilities in Jerusalem,” he...

The U.S. State Department Suspends Passport Applications With This Marker — Here’s What Every Traveler Needs to Know
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The U.S. State Department Suspends Passport Applications With This Marker — Here’s What Every Traveler Needs to Know

The State Department has suspended the processing of passport applications that selected “X” as their gender following an executive order from President Donald Trump making it government policy to only recognize male and female sex in the country. Secretary of State Marco Rubio directed the State Department last week to suspend all current passport applications...

Harvard and Students Against Antisemitism Announce Settlement of Lawsuit
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Harvard and Students Against Antisemitism Announce Settlement of Lawsuit

Today, Plaintiff Students Against Antisemitism and Harvard University announced that they have reached an agreement to resolve Students Against Antisemitism’s claims against Harvard. As part of the settlement, Harvard has agreed to undertake important actions to combat antisemitism on its campus, building on measures it has implemented over the past year. This resolution aligns with...

AMIA Bombing Investigator Alberto Nisman Who Accused Iran Was Murdered, New Argentine Report Concludes
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AMIA Bombing Investigator Alberto Nisman Who Accused Iran Was Murdered, New Argentine Report Concludes

The special prosecutor who investigated the 1994 targeted bombing of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) Jewish community center in Buenos Aires was murdered in 2015, a new report by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Argentina has concluded. On the 10th anniversary of Alberto Nisman’s death, the prosecution handling the case released the report as part...

Newly appointed senator Ashley Moody a strong ally of Florida’s Jewish community
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Newly appointed senator Ashley Moody a strong ally of Florida’s Jewish community

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tapped the state’s attorney general, Ashley Moody, on Thursday to replace Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) when he departs office to become President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state. As attorney general, Moody expressed unwavering support for Israel in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks and has prioritized cracking down on...

South Florida Jewish community expresses joy and concern about potential ceasefire between Israel and Hamas
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South Florida Jewish community expresses joy and concern about potential ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that a “last minute crisis” with Hamas was holding up Israeli approval of a long-awaited agreement to pause the fighting in the Gaza Strip and release dozens of hostages, according to the Associated Press. Ahead of Netanyahu’s statement, South Florida’s Jewish community reacted with both joy and concern after...

Shluchim to Infuse Jewish Life on Amelia Island
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Shluchim to Infuse Jewish Life on Amelia Island

Douglas Greene, a real estate investor, moved to Amelia Island, Florida about 15 years ago. Like many of the island’s residents, Greene and his wife, Carolyn, enjoy the balmy weather and laid-back lifestyle on the island, which, at the northeastern tip of the state of Florida, is the southernmost of the Sea Islands chain along the...

J.D.Vance explains what Trump means by ‘hell breaking loose’ if hostages aren’t freed by Jan 20
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J.D.Vance explains what Trump means by ‘hell breaking loose’ if hostages aren’t freed by Jan 20

President-elect Donald Trump’s Vice President J.D. Vance explained on Fox News what Trump meant when he said, “All hell would break loose” if the hostages in Gaza aren’t freed by his inauguration on January 20. Vance said, “It means enabling the Israelis to knock out the final couple of battalions of Hamas and their leadership....

Biden program meant to ‘protect Jewish institutions’ pays out six-figure grants to mosques that preach antisemitic hate
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Biden program meant to ‘protect Jewish institutions’ pays out six-figure grants to mosques that preach antisemitic hate

The Biden White House and Senate Democrats have touted their funding for an anti-terrorism initiative they say “has been critical to the security of Jewish institutions.” But the program has given hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent months to mosques whose clerics have preached anti-Semitic hate, cheered Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attacks on Israel,...