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California Jewish groups decry antisemitic conspiracy theories in governor’s race voter guide

The Jerusalem Post 25 Apr 2026
The entry of far-right activist Don J. Grundmann included such conspiracy theories as Israel orchestrating the 9/11 attacks and planning to “suitcase nuke” the United States ....
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His kippah was a symbol of coexistence. Israeli police officers seized and destroyed it.

Cleveland Jewish News 25 Apr 2026
Alex Sinclair had no idea what would follow when he posted a picture of his mutilated kippah to Facebook on Thursday ... .
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Nearly half of young Americans view US relationship with Israel as a burden, survey finds

Cleveland Jewish News 24 Apr 2026
Nearly half of young Americans, 46%, believe that the United States’ relationship with Israel is mostly a burden to the United States, according to a new survey from the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School ... .
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Colleges cracked down on encampments. But antisemitism on campus hasn’t gone anywhere.

Cleveland Jewish News 24 Apr 2026
We were used to a pretty steady stream of calls, texts, and emails reporting things like a swastika on a bathroom floor, a Jewish student being punched or a threat that the kosher dining hall would be shot up. As ... .
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Peter Beinart’s ‘Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza’ wins PEN America award

Cleveland Jewish News 24 Apr 2026
Progressive Jewish author Peter Beinart has won the 2026 PEN America Literary Award for nonfiction for his latest book, “Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza. A Reckoning.” ... .
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‘I’m tired of debating the encampments’: 2 years on, Jewish students need agency, not alarm

Cleveland Jewish News 24 Apr 2026
“I’m tired of debating the encampments,” said one student as others nodded. Here I was, a fly on the wall, during an open-space dialogue about antisemitism, self-facilitated by Jewish college students from across North America ... .
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Long Island father and teen son arrested after investigation into swastika drawn in school bathroom

Cleveland Jewish News 24 Apr 2026
A father and his teenage son were arrested Wednesday after an investigation into swastika graffiti at the teen’s school led police to search their home, where authorities said they found chemicals used to make explosives ... .
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For these teen athletes, the 2026 Maccabiah Games must go on

Cleveland Jewish News 24 Apr 2026
This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives ... .
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Trump, in absentia, becomes first non-Israeli to receive Israel’s top civilian honor

Cleveland Jewish News 24 Apr 2026
Donald Trump officially became the first non-Israeli to receive the Israel’s top civilian prize on Wednesday — but he wasn’t on hand to receive his honor ... .
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NYC won’t codify a new definition of antisemitism, Mamdani’s antisemitism czar says

Cleveland Jewish News 24 Apr 2026
A version of this piece first ran as part of the New York Jewish Week’s daily newsletter, rounding up the latest on politics, culture, food and what’s new with Jews in the city. Sign up here to get it in ... .
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In the depths of Tel Aviv’s bus station, a fragile refuge for those with nowhere ...

Cleveland Jewish News 24 Apr 2026
TEL AVIV — Two floors underground, past dumpsters and oil-laden puddles, through a reinforced Cold War-era door, a bomb shelter is buried underneath Tel Aviv’s Central Bus Station ... .
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Tucker Carlson calls campaign to shame a country club for barring a Jewish toddler ‘repulsive’

Cleveland Jewish News 24 Apr 2026
Catherine Rampell, the economist and pundit, likes telling the story about how her father once launched a public campaign against a Palm Beach country club when it banned his 4-year-old son from attending a birthday party because he is Jewish ... .
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Long Island father and teen son arrested for swastika graffiti, explosive materials in home

The Jerusalem Post 24 Apr 2026
During the investigation, police found "highly unstable" materials that had been combined to make explosives in the suspects' home ....
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Michael Tilson Thomas, famed conductor and scion of Yiddish theater, dies at 81

Cleveland Jewish News 24 Apr 2026
One year ago, Michael Tilson Thomas lifted his baton to conduct a concert in San Francisco that he said would be his last ... .
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