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Eric Adams Holds Final Press Conference Before NYC Primary; Thanks Firefighters, EMTs, & All Frontline Workers

By: Fern Sidman As the Democratic primary in New York City begins in less than 24 hours, candidates for mayor and other offices have been pounding the pavement across the five boroughs, urging people to cast their votes early in this hotly contested race for City Hall. On Monday afternoon, mayoral front runner Eric Adams […]

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Anti-Israel Activists in NYC Call for Violent ‘Intifada, Revolution,’ Israel’s Demise

JOSHUA KLEIN Shocking footage from a recent anti-Israel demonstration in New York City shows over a thousand demonstrators rallying behind calls for Israel’s demise while advocating a violent uprising and revolution against the Jewish state. Footage from the Tuesday event showed a crowd of pro-Palestinian supporters, some wearing Palestinian symbols such as Keffiyeh scarves and […]

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Museum exhibits works by Polish artist confronting Holocaust

(AP) — Warsaw’s Jewish history museum opened an exhibition Thursday featuring works by a renowned Polish artist that confront the lingering and melancholy presence of the Holocaust in Poland, where Nazi German forces carried out their destruction of Europe’s Jews and other atrocities. “Wilhem Sasnal: Such a Landscape” opened Thursday at the POLIN Museum of […]

Arts & Culture

Sarah Silverman to Ilhan Omar: ‘Add a Jewess to the Squad!’

By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News Jewish American comedian Sarah Silverman, who has been outspoken about her liberal views, took to Twitter last week to praise the so-called “Squad” of progressive U.S. lawmakers. “Love this group!! You give me hope!” she replied to a photo of Reps. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Ilhan […]

International News News

Disappointed State Dept. to continue nuclear talks with ‘Butcher of Tehran’

By World Israel News Staff The U.S. State Department said it was disappointed with the outcome of Friday’s Iranian presidential election but said indirect talks on rejoining the JCPOA nuclear deal would nonetheless continue. “Iranians were denied their right to choose their own leaders in a free and fair electoral process,” said a State Department […]

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Juneteenth Celebrations Around the Nation Marred by Shootings, Death

AWR HAWKINS Juneteenth celebrations in Oakland, California; Aurora, Colorado; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Clover, South Carolina; and Flint, Michigan, were marred by shootings and death. ABC News reports that Oakland’s Juneteenth celebration at Lake Merritt was interrupted by gunfire at 6:22 p.m. When the shots ended, seven shooting victims were discovered, included a 22-year-old man who […]

News Politics

Democrat Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Defends All-White Beach Club Membership

JOHN NOLTE U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) defended his membership in an all-white beach club Friday by saying, “It’s a long tradition in Rhode Island[.]” Here’s the exchange: REPORTER: You had remarks on the floor following the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd on systemic racism in the country. Your thoughts on an elite, […]

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Town Of Chester Reaches Agreement With AG To End Discriminatory Housing Practices Against Jewish Community

NY AG Press Release) – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that her office has reached agreements with Orange County and the Town of Chester to end their use of discriminatory housing practices that were designed to prevent members of the Jewish community from moving to Chester, New York. The agreements mandate that […]

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NYC Mayoral Primary Will Be Big Test For Ranked Vote System

(AP) — Voters will likely pick the next mayor of New York City next week in a Democratic primary that will also be a major test of ranked choice voting, a system that lets voters rank several candidates in order of preference instead of choosing just one. Two years after city voters approved a measure […]

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