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President Donald Trump and Irish Taoiseach (prime minister) Micheal Martin speak to journalists ahead of meetings in the Oval Office at the White House on March 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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In meeting with Irish leader, Trump disparages Chuck Schumer as ‘not Jewish anymore’

Ben Sales by Ben Sales March 12, 2025March 12, 2025
A 2017 event in Jerusalem commemorating the 120th anniversary of the first World Zionist Congress. (Wikimedia)
Posted inU.S.

These are the 21 slates U.S. Jews can vote for in the 2025 World Zionist Congress election

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev March 10, 2025March 10, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen before a portrait of Theodor Herzl, known as the "Visionary of the Jewish State" and the founder of modern Zionism in Jerusalem on May 2, 2018. (Abir Sultan/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
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Voting opens in election for World Zionist Congress, with future of Israel at stake

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev March 10, 2025March 10, 2025
An Iranian cleric walks past a Jewish symbol of a menorah, shaped to spell the Hebrew words "shalom olam," meaning "world peace," during a ceremony commemorating the Jewish soldiers who died in the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88) at a Jewish cemetery in southern Tehran, Iran, on Feb. 6, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Trump promised to protect Jews and religious liberty. His refugee ban is keeping out 700 persecuted Iranian Jews.

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev March 6, 2025March 6, 2025
Syrian Rabbi Yousef Hamra and accompanying Jews visit the Frenc and Raki churches, the Maimonides Jewish School and the Jobar Synagogue, which was largely destroyed during the civil war, in the historic districts of Damascus, Syria on February 18, 2025. Yousef Hamra, who was forcibly migrated from Syria in 1992, arrived in the Syrian capital Damascus after 33 years. (Bakr Al Kasem/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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How a small delegation of US Jews got to Syria for the first time in decades

by Andrew Lapin February 28, 2025February 28, 2025
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Archaeology students excavating Warsaw’s main Jewish cemetery are uncovering a forgotten world

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov February 27, 2025February 27, 2025
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U.S., Israel vote against U.N. resolution condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine

Ben Sales by Ben Sales February 25, 2025February 25, 2025
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On 3rd anniversary of Russia-Ukraine war, Ukrainian Jews reinforce their identity

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov February 24, 2025February 24, 2025
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Far-right AfD notches record 2nd-place finish in German election as center-right party prevails

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer February 24, 2025February 24, 2025
A 2009 rally in solidarity with protesters in Iran at San Francisco City Hall. (Steve Rhodes via Flickr CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
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Iranian Jewish refugee, 89, ‘grateful’ to reach Bay Area before U.S. borders shut 

by Sue Fishkoff February 5, 2025February 5, 2025

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