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Anshel Pfeffer

A weary Biden's arrival to Israel was anticlimactic but sincere

Biden’s warm words in his speech all seemed sincere, but he’s suffering from the plummeting ratings in the polls back home

By Anshel Pfeffer

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US President Joe Biden disembarks from his plane upon landing at Ben Gurion Airport in Lod near Tel Aviv, on July 13, 2022, as he starts his first tour of the Middle East since entering the White House last year. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. Secret Service officer, wearing a vest with various equipment attached, stands in front of White House. Washington DC. USA

Secret Service agent sent back to the US after allegedly assaulting a woman in Jerusalem bar

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Students and staff at NY college pledge re-education programs for Jews to 'unlearn Zionism'

Students and staff at NY college pledge re-education programs for Jews to 'unlearn Zionism'

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Beautiful outgoing wedding set up. Jewish Hupa on romantic wedding ceremony , wedding outdoor on the lawn. Wedding decor. A pink box for presents in the shape of a heart is on the table.

Fury of orthodox leaders as Israeli courts allow secular weddings in Israel for the first time

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Tennessee judges dismiss Jewish couple’s lawsuit claiming adoption discrimination

Tennessee judges dismiss Jewish couple’s lawsuit claiming adoption discrimination

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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 21: Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer participates in a panel on "Lessons from the Past for the Future of Human Rights: A Conversation" at the Gewirz Student Center on the campus of the Georgetown University Law Center April 21, 2014 in Washington, DC. Organized by the law center, the New York Review of Books and the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law the forum focused on the future of human rights. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Robert Philpot

By Robert Philpot

Stephen Breyer's civility has never been more needed in the US

5 min read

Shabbat services cancelled at Texas synagogue after FBI warning

Shabbat services cancelled at Texas synagogue after FBI warning

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The inside story of carnage at a Jewish suburb's Fourth of July parade

The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band set a celebratory tone before Robert Crimo shattered the revelry by opening fire from a rooftop

By Jonathan Sacerdoti

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July 7, 2022 14:17

HIGHLAND PARK, IL - JULY 04: Law enforcement works the scene after a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2022 in Highland Park, Illinois. Reports indicate at least six people were killed and more than 20 injured in the shooting. (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

Ex-CIA chief: Iran nukes could just be a bluff

Norman Roule, who worked for the US agency for 34 years, says Tehran may instead be using the mere threat as a 'diplomatic lever'

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July 7, 2022 14:13

Ex-CIA chief: Iran nukes could just be a bluff

Anshel Pfeffer

By Anshel Pfeffer

Will Biden's trip to Israel mark the start of a bromance with Lapid?

The US administration is eager to help the new Prime Minister, who will have the unique windfall of hosting a president less than two weeks after taking office

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July 7, 2022 13:55

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - JUNE 15: US president Joe Biden disembarks from Airforce One after arriving in Geneva, one day prior to the US - Russia summit on June 15, 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting between US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled in Geneva for Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (Photo by Martial Trezzini - Pool/Keystone via Getty Images)

Are Jews white? Inside US census wars

US officials are planning to add a new race to the census

By Dominic Green

3 min read

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July 7, 2022 13:52

circa 1960: The Hollerith tabulator and sorter box, invented by Herman Hollerith and used in the 1890 United States census. It 'read' cards by passing them through electrical contacts. Closed circuits, which indicated hole positions, could then be selected and counted. His Tabulating Machine Company (1896) was a predecessor to the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Jewish victims of the Highland Park shooting

The Jewish community in Highland Park is in mourning after a gunman fired at Independence Day event

By Jonathan Sacerdoti

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July 7, 2022 10:10

A still image from surveillance footage shows a person who police believe to be Robert (Bob) E. Crimo III, a person of interest in the mass shooting that took place at a Fourth of July parade route in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. dressed in women's clothing on July 4, 2022. (Highland Park Police Department)

Ben & Jerry's sues Unilever in attempt to block sale of Israeli business

Last week, Unilever announced they would be selling the division to businessman Avi Zinger

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July 6, 2022 11:11

Ben & Jerry's sues Unilever in attempt to block sale of Israeli business

Gofundme for toddler orphaned in Chicago shooting raises nearly $2m

Irina and Kevin McCarthy were killed at the Fourth of July shooting in the Jewish suburb of Highland Park

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July 6, 2022 10:11

Gofundme for toddler orphaned in Chicago shooting raises nearly $2m

Jewish woman named as victim of Highland Park shooting

Jackie Sundheim was a staffmember at a nearby synagogue

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July 5, 2022 14:16

Jewish woman named as victim of Highland Park shooting

Mass shooting in heavily Jewish suburb of Chicago leaves at least six dead

Jews are reportedly 'among the casualties' in Highland Park Illinois

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July 4, 2022 20:41

HIGHLAND PARK, IL - JULY 04: Chairs and blankets are left abandoned after a shooting at a Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2022 in Highland Park, Illinois. Reports indicate at least five people were killed and 19 injured in the mass shooting. (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

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