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“Many of our Israel fellows no longer feel marginalized at Harvard Kennedy School,” the Wexner leaders wrote. “They feel abandoned.”
“This horrific act of hate has no place in America and stands against our fundamental values,” stated U.S. President Joe Biden.
The deaths of more than 100 members of the kibbutz weighed on everyone.
After the owner donated 50 bicycles, his shop was burned down.
The Islamist marauders were instructed “to kill as many people as possible” in elementary schools and a youth center.
An “anti-Israel, antisemitic smear campaign from extremists” targeted Rep. Josh Gottheimer, “because he is a strong supporter of the U.S.-Israel relationship and a vocal critic of Hamas terrorists,” the Jewish congressman’s spokesman told JNS.
Rabbi Hershel Schachter, one of the rosh yeshivas (deans) at Yeshiva University, wrote that an exception should be made to say prayers beseeching divine mercy on Shabbat for Israel.
The group also called for Palestinian prisoners to be released immediately and the “apartheid state” dismantled completely.
Seven movies are part of an annual film festival, with one of the, “The Future,” prompting some concern over terminology.
Throughout Jewish history, public fasts have responded to and beseeched God for mercy at times of great pain and uncertainty.
“Violence can occur in Israel and the West Bank and Gaza without warning,” per Foggy Bottom.
Malala Yousafzai, the Nobel-prize-winning activist for women’s rights, served as executive producer on the film.
