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Tensions are high in the days leading up to the Muslim holy month, with Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar reportedly seeking to incite violence during the holiday.
An 11-vehicle convoy carrying religious Jews to the site was hit by gunfire on the way out. No injuries were reported.
The assailant reportedly yelled “Allahu Akbar” as he carried out the attack • The victim, 50, suffered severe injuries.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office accuses the Art Institute of Chicago of insufficient provenance research when it bought Egon Schiele’s “Russian War Prisoner.”
Security official responds: “This is not a gesture and the matter was even clarified in a Cabinet discussion.”
“The work we do gives people hope. If you can hold on to hope, you have a chance of surviving.”
“Everything I dreamed of, I’ve been able to do,” said the founder of an organization that works to preserve a vital element of Jewish history.
“Binance and its affiliated companies for years knowingly and intentionally provided material support to Hamas and other vile terrorist organizations,” an attorney for the plaintiffs said.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deny Israeli media reports that the War Cabinet has sidelined his ministry on the issue.
The famously self-deprecating Jewish comic played a fictionalized version of himself on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” for nearly 25 years.
A spokesperson for Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said rhetoric like the group’s speakers “should be condemned, not elevated by political leaders.”
Elie Wiesel “believed that honoring the victims of the Holocaust must be an active undertaking, not just a history lesson,” said Mike Igel, board chair of the Florida Holocaust Museum.
