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Hamas and Trump say Edan Alexander to be freed from Gaza after US negotiates release

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — President Donald Trump and Hamas have announced that Edan Alexander, the only U.S. citizen among the living hostages remaining in Gaza, will go free after...

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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, of Chicago, is first US-born pope, Leo XIV

By VITA FELLIG and MENACHEM WECKER

(JNS.org) – Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, a Chicago native with New Orleans roots, was elected as the new pope of the Catholic Church on...

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In Tenafly, NJ, a crowd celebrates the release of local son Edan Alexander from Hamas captivity

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — The call went out over email, text and WhatsApp on Sunday night: Come to Huyler Park in downtown Tenafly at 5 a.m. to celebrate —...

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OP-ED: When did the current wave of antisemitism begin?

By BEN COHEN

(JNS.org) – In nearly 30 years of writing and speaking about global antisemitism, I’ve been asked more than once if it’s possible to pinpoint when this present wave...

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