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Jewish President of Cornell Martha Pollack Suddenly Announces Retirement

Published by The Daily Caller Martha E. Pollack, president of Cornell University, announced her retirement in a surprising Thursday Instagram post. “After seven fruitful and gratifying years as Cornell’s president — and after a career in research and academia spanning five decades — I’m ready for a new chapter in my life,” Pollack wrote on […]

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Israel, Nordot, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Israel’s contestant booed as she makes it through to Eurovision final after protests

Published by Mirror By Jasmine Allday Israel’s singer Eden Golan has made it through to the Eurovision Song Contest finals. There has been controversy surrounding Israel’s inclusion in the singing competition and earlier today, thousands of protesters took to the streets of Malmo in a bid to remove Israel singer Eden Golan from the semi-finals.

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International, Israel, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Nordot, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

If Israel is forced to stand alone, it will stand alone: PM Netanyahu

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], May 10 (ANI): Rejecting international pressure to halt the war in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that if “forced,” Israel will “stand alone” in its war against Hamas. Netanyahu spoke after President Joe Biden said the United States would not provide offensive weapons for Israel’s long-promised

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Israel, Middle East, Nordot, USA

Senators: Protestors calling for violence against Jews should be on No-Fly List

Published by The Center Square (The Center Square) – Republican U.S. Sens. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., introduced two measures that, if passed, would achieve a similar objective: to place on the No Fly List individuals who are encouraging violence against Jewish persons and supporting terrorist organizations. They introduced a bill, the No

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Antisemitism, Israel, Nordot, Travel and Food, USA

Former Moscow chief rabbi to receive International Charlemagne Prize

Published by DPA International The president of the Conference of European Rabbis, Pinchas Goldschmidt, is due to receive the International Charlemagne Prize in the German city of Aachen on Thursday morning. The Jewish communities in Europe are to be honoured together with the 60-year-old rabbi. The award is intended to send a signal that Jewish

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International, Jewish Religion, Nordot

US pauses weapons shipment to Israel as assault on Rafah steps up

Published by DPA International The United States has paused a large shipment of weapons to Israel, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday, amid ongoing concerns in Washington about Israeli military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. “We’re going to continue to do what’s necessary to support Israel,” Austin said, calling Washington’s security

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SHALOM Act passes North Carolina House 105-4

Published by The Center Square (The Center Square) – Responding to recent protests centered on the war between Hamas and Israel, the North Carolina House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation that joins more than 30 other states in adopting a working definition of antisemitism. The definition was adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

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Israel, Nordot, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Utah GOP Rep Grills School Leader Over Incident Where Jewish Teacher Was Forced To Hide In Locked Room

Published by Tampa Free Press Republican Rep. Burgess Owens of Utah pressed public school administrators over whether students, teachers and a principal allegedly involved in antisemitic incidents were punished Wednesday, focusing on the harassment of a Jewish teacher at a New York City high school. Owens started out by questioning New York City Public Schools

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House Dem puts GOP colleagues on the spot by citing Trump’s alleged Hitler praise

Published by Raw Story House Republicans on Wednesday held a hearing on the growth of anti-Semitism in the United States, and one Democratic lawmaker took the opportunity to put GOP lawmakers on the spot for former President Donald Trump’s alleged praise of Adolf Hitler. During the hearing, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) recounted how former Trump

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Antisemitism, Holocaust, International, Nordot, USA

Around 200 Palestinians leaving Rafah each hour, UNRWA says

Published by DPA International An average of 200 people are leaving the southern Palestinian city of Rafah every hour following Israel’s evacuation order, according to estimates by the UN relief agency for Palestinians. “The displacement is ongoing and people are leaving towards Khan Younis and the Middle Areas,” communications director of the Relief and Works

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International, Israel, Nordot

UC Riverside reaches deal with Palestine protestors despite potential legal issues

Published by The Center Square (The Center Square) The University of California, Riverside reached a preliminary agreement with pro-Palestine protestors to take steps towards divesting from investments in Israel. However, due to a 2016 California law, it’s illegal for organizations that receive significant state funding from boycotting or discriminating against a country. Under the agreement,

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California, Israel, Nordot, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Biden slams ‘ferocious’ rise in anti-Semitism amid Gaza protests

Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – US President Joe Biden condemned a “ferocious surge” in anti-Semitism on Tuesday, in a Holocaust memorial speech that came at a fraught moment in Israel’s war in Gaza and with protests roiling American universities. Biden, who has backed Israel since the start of the conflict, said too many people

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Holocaust, International, Israel, Nordot, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Israel seizes control of Rafah border crossing and hits out at Hamas ceasefire ‘ruse’

Published by GB News Israel has taken control of the vital Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt after launching air strikes. Israel carried out the next stage of its offensive while the prospects for a ceasefire deal hung in the balance. The Palestinian militant group Hamas said late on Monday it had agreed to

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