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Studying in a Miami yeshiva: Long days of study, hands-on outreach, and no regrets

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Donald Trump: ‘You can’t have peace if Iran has a nuclear weapon’

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US to complete near-total military withdrawal from Syria

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Hamas fighters gather at the site of the handing over of Israeli hostages at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip as part of the seventh hostage-prisoner release on February 22, 2025. Hamas's armed wing confirmed it will hand over on February 22 six hostages held alive in the Gaza Strip as part of the ongoing ceasefire deal with Israel. (Photo by Saeed Jaras / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by SAEED JARAS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

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Columbia University janitors claim anti-Israel encampment accused them of being ‘Jew-lovers’ and spray painted swastikas around campus

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A maintenance crew member confronts demonstrators attempting to barricade themselves inside Hamilton Hall at Columbia University, April 30, 2024 (Credit: Alex Kent/Getty Images)

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Trump supporter Yehuda Kaploun appointed US envoy for combating antisemitism

Teacher told Columbia class that Theodor Herzl was an antisemite, inquiry hears

UK left are learning wrong lessons from Mamdani’s win

Punk icon Patti Smith reveals she is half Jewish

Fightback against Mamdani begins at shul this Shabbat

Follow Tucker Carlson and you’ll fall off a cliff

Barbarians from both political extremes are at the gates – and they share a hatred of Jews and Israel

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