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06/05/2026
“We don’t have any people in the Republican Party that are running for office with N**i tattoos on their chests," McCormick said at the event.
Fetterman, McCormick: Dems Have Worse Antisemitism Issue Than GOP Two Pennsylvania representatives on opposite sides of the aisle agreed that Democrats have a worse antisemitism problem than their Republican counterparts.
06/05/2026
"Great civilizations, societies and polities are more often destroyed from within than from without," says Douglas Altabef.
06/05/2026
✡️Rabbi Andrea L. Weiss, Ph.D., a Reform rabbi, biblical scholar and educator who helped shape generations of Jewish clergy through her work at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and who made her home for decades in the Philadelphia area, died on March 3 at her home in Lower Merion after a yearlong battle with cancer. She was 60.
Andrea Weiss, Reform Scholar Who Ordained Generations of Rabbis, Dies at 60 Rabbi Andrea L. Weiss, Ph.D., a Reform rabbi, biblical scholar and educator who helped shape generations of Jewish clergy through her work at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and who made her home for decades in the Philadelphia area, died on March 3 at her home in Lower Merion afte...
06/05/2026
👩Cantor Elena Zarkh immigrated to the U.S. from the former Soviet Union in 1979, settled in Los Angeles, earned acceptance to the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and got ordained.
Old York Road Temple-Beth Am Cantor Reflects on 41 Years Cantor Elena Zarkh immigrated to the U.S. from the former Soviet Union in 1979, settled in Los Angeles, earned acceptance to the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and got ordained.
06/05/2026
✡️In so many ways, Judaism feels innate. It’s a peoplehood, a culture, a religion, an identity.
It’s also a language, according to Sharon Levinson, a Lafayette Hill educator who teaches Hebrew to preschoolers.
Lafayette Hill Educator Teaches Hebrew to Preschoolers In so many ways, Judaism feels innate. It’s a peoplehood, a culture, a religion, an identity.It’s also a language, according to Sharon Levinson, a Lafayette Hill educator who teaches Hebrew to preschoolers.
06/04/2026
Qassem warned that “as long as the occupation exists, the resistance will continue,” and that the terrorist group will keep fighting.
Hezbollah Leader Appears to Reject US-Brokered Israel-Lebanon Truce
06/04/2026
“We brought the people of Lebanon to the understanding that we’re not the enemy. Hezbollah is,” said Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s U.S. ambassador.
Israel, Lebanon Agree on Plan to Drive Hezbollah North of the Litani River
06/04/2026
"Great civilizations, societies and polities are more often destroyed from within than from without," says Douglas Altabef.
06/04/2026
Jews were targeted in 41 of the city’s 68 confirmed hate crimes in May, a 71% increase from the same month last year, according to the NYPD.
Anti-Jewish Hate Crimes Surge in NYC Despite Overall Drop in Crime
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