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Hamas releases Edan Alexander, last living American hostage, to Israel

By BEN SALES

(JTA) — Hamas has released Edan Alexander, an American-Israeli citizen, back to Israel under a deal reached with the United States.

The release, conducted Monday evening in Gaza, may inaugurate a new phase in the hostage crisis...

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 the Trump administration negotiated his release.

“I am grateful to...

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 Thursday. He will be called Leo XIV.

The first U.S.-born...

Leo XIV, first American pope, studied under a leader in Jewish-Catholic relations

By BEN SALES

(JTA) — Cardinal Robert Prevost, who was just elected as Pope Leo XIV, studied under a pioneer in Jewish-Catholic relations when he attended seminary in Chicago. 

The Rev. John T. Pawlikowski, who taught for nearly half a...

NYPD arrests more than 70 pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia library

By BEN SALES

(JTA) — Police arrested more than 70 pro-Palestinian protesters who crowded and occupied the main library of Columbia University, thrusting the New York City campus back into the center of campus tensions over Gaza.

Two Columbia public...

New Orleans Jewish community celebrates subdued Yom Ha’Atzmaut at JCC

By ALAN SMASON, Exclusive to the CCJN

The New Orleans Jewish community expressed solidarity with the nation of Israel with two special evenng events this week, a showing of the film “October 8th” on Tuesday and a subdued Yom Ha’Atzmaut...

Israel celebrates 77th Independence Day in shadow of wildfires

(JNS.org) – Israel ushered in its 77th Independence Day at sunset on Wednesday night, with nightly celebrations canceled or postponed throughout the country as massive wildfires continued to engulf the Jewish state.

The Jerusalem torch-lighting ceremony that traditionally marks the start...

Pro-Nazi singer sells out Zagreb arena as Croatia’s collaborationist past sheds its taboo

By LARRY LUXNER

(JTA) — ZAGREB, Croatia — Among the Jews who gathered in nine cities and towns in this former Yugoslav republic last week to commemorate Yom HaShoah — Holocaust Remembrance Day — was Darko Fischer, one of about...

Harvard releases long-awaited internal antisemitism report amid fierce battle with Trump

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — Harvard University’s president has apologized for the campus climate over the last year and a half, in a letter accompanying a long-awaited report from a university task force on antisemitism and anti-Israel bias.

The task...

Community Yom Hashoah memorial event held at WW2 Museum on Tuesday

By ALAN SMASON, Special to the CCJN

The New Orleans Holocaust Memorial Committee held its annual community wide event to honor the memories of the six million Jews slain during the Shoah and those survivors who settled in New Orleans...