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UN-backed report based on ‘fabricated’ view of Gaza ‘famine,’ Israel says

By MIKE WAGENHEIM

(JNS.org) – The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a tool associated with some 25 global partners, including United Nations agencies, said on Friday that it confirmed with “reasonable evidence” that there has been “famine” in Gaza...

‘Anne Frank, Superstar’? A satirical musical reimagines the Holocaust victim as a symbol of wokeness.

By JOSEPH STRAUSS

(JTA) — What exactly is “Slam Frank,” the purported hip-hop musical that reimagines the Holocaust’s most famous victim as a pansexual Latinx girl today?

Is it a real show with real actors and real songs constructing...

New US Postal Service stamp honors Holocaust survivor and humanitarian Elie Wiesel

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — The United States Postal Service announced a new series of stamps honoring Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.

Wiesel, who died in 2016 at the age of 87, is the 18th person...

Abbas forms committee to draft constitution for ‘Palestine’

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) – Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on Monday evening issued a presidential decree establishing a committee to draft an interim constitution, the Ramallah-run Wafa news agency reported.

The move comes against the backdrop of France, the...

Mayor LaToya Cantrell is indicted with 18 federal charges

By ALAN SMASON, Special to the CCJN

Federal authorities indicted New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, the first female to occupy the office, on 18 charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, obstruction of justice and making false declarations before a...

After a contentious election, Romania’s few Jews remain on guard against antisemitism

By LARRY LUXNER

(JTA) — SIGHIȘOARA, Romania — Only a 10-minute stroll down a maze of cobblestone streets from the birthplace of Vlad Dracul — who inspired the fictional, bloodsucking Count Dracula — sits an empty but remarkably well-preserved synagogue...

Putting God on the class list: How Jewish educators are getting their students to think about God

By DEBRA RUBIN

(JTA) — It’s not easy getting teens to think about God. Even if they go to Jewish day school.

When one Jewish educational organization asked day school students in middle school and high school several years ago...

Australia to recognize ‘Palestine’ at UN in September

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) – Australia will recognize a Palestinian state at the U.N. General Assembly annual general debate in September, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Monday.

“Australia will recognize the right of the Palestinian people to a...

Religious Zionism mulls toppling gov’t as Smotrich says he’s ‘lost faith’ in PM

By DAVID ISSAC and AMELIE BOTBOL

(JNS.org) – The Religious Zionism Party, increasingly exasperated with the conduct of the war, is considering bringing down the Netanyahu government, sources told JNS on Sunday.

The development comes after the Security Cabinet...

Netanyahu confirms intent to occupy all of Gaza, against advice of his military

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Israel’s intention to occupy the full Gaza Strip Thursday, despite opposition from the Israeli military and wide swaths of Israelis who say the plan will sound a death knell...