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Young adults in their 20s and 30s build community with challah. Courtesy: NuRoots.

Amid rising Jew-hatred in LA, Federation to host ‘Infinite Light’ young-adult Chanukah festival

“Despite these dark days, we must always remember to find light. We must always remember what makes being Jewish so wonderful,” stated Rabbi Noah Farkas, head of the L.A. Federation.

November 24, 2023

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) addresses an estimated 200,000 at the “March for Israel” rally in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14, 2023. Source: Screenshot.

‘Let us not forget history,’ Schumer says at ‘March for Israel’ in Washington

As a bipartisan group of members of Congress spoke, chants broke out of “USA,” “Never Again” and “Bring them home.”

November 14, 2023

The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. Credit: Beyond My Ken via Wikimedia Commons.

Oscar-nominated short film to be shown at Jewish museum in Philadelphia

Malala Yousafzai, the Nobel-prize-winning activist for women’s rights, served as executive producer on the film.

October 11, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden speak on national television about the Hamas terrorist and rocket attacks on Israel, and existing hostage situation, with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at his side, on Oct. 7, 2023. Credit: YouTube/White House.

‘United States stands with Israel,’ Biden states in remarks on Hamas attacks

The U.S. president spoke for a little more than two minutes and did not take questions; at his side was U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

October 7, 2023

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Credit: ItzaVU/Shutterstock.

Biden, 2024 candidates, US officials, organizations condemn Hamas attacks

“Terrorism is never justified. Israel has a right to defend itself and its people. The United States warns against any other party hostile to Israel seeking advantage in this situation,” said U.S. President Joe Biden.

October 7, 2023

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Sept. 20, 2023. Source: CBS/YouTube.

US attorney general invokes Jewish ancestry, Holocaust in testimony

“The idea that someone with my family background would discriminate against any religion is so outrageous—so absurd!” Merrick Garland said on Sept. 20.

September 26, 2023

A U.S.-made, old cluster bomb on view at the Vietnam Military History Museum in Hanoi in May 2009. Photo by Voyage View Media/Shutterstock.

Munitions proving a cluster headache for Biden administration

The U.S. president, who said years ago that Washington should defund Israel if Jerusalem used cluster bombs, is now sending the same weapons to Kyiv.

July 10, 2023

Teenage members of the history club at a school in Düsseldorf, Germany, uncovered findings about the family of Gershon Willinger, whose father, a former student at the school, perished in the Holocaust. Credit: Courtesy.

German teens present research to son of former student killed in Holocaust

Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center connected a history club at Düsseldorf’s Comenius Gymnasium with Gershon Willinger, who lives in Canada.

June 30, 2023

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaking at a political rally on Dec. 7, 2019. Credit: George Sheldon/Shutterstock.

Announcing presidential bid, Pence says he wasn’t raised to stay on the sidelines

“It has been my honor to serve you, the people of this state and nation,” the former vice president said at an Iowa rally, during which he preached civility.

June 7, 2023