Joe Lieberman, longtime senator and first Jewish-American VP candidate, dies at 82
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“Senator Lieberman’s love of God, his family and America endured throughout his life of service in the public interest,” his family stated. by Andrew Bernard (March 27, 2024 / JNS) Former Sen. Joe Lieberman died on Wednesday afternoon at the age of 82 after complications from a fall, according to a statement from his family. “Senator Lieberman’s love of God, his family and America endured throughout his life of service in the public interest,” Lieberman’s family stated. “His beloved wife, Hadassah, and members of his family were with him as he passed.” For decades, Lieberman was one of th ..read more
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Opinion: A Jew against Jews
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By Jerold S. Auerbach How ironic that a prominent Jewish senator should spark overflowing praise and a full-page in The New York Times for lacerating the Jewish state. So it is that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has joined the ever-growing list of Jews against Jews. Proudly identifying himself as “a guardian of the People of Israel,” he recognizes that Israel is “surrounded by vicious enemies”—namely, Hamas, whose recent massacre of 1,200 Jews was the most devastating assault since the Holocaust. Citing Hamas horrors such as “raping women, executing babies, desecrating bodies, brutalizi ..read more
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After Schumer talks to its members, Conference of Presidents still has ‘deep reservations’
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(JNS) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) met virtually for more than an hour with about 70 people on a Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations call on Tuesday afternoon. Very soon thereafter, the umbrella group expressed “deep” appreciation for Schumer’s participation and “longstanding support” of Israel and Jews but was terse in its criticism of his March 14 on the Senate floor. Even though Schumer’s “decades of leadership are historic and without precedent,” Harriet Schleifer and William Daroff, chair and CEO, respectively, of the Conference of Presidents ..read more
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Police investigate 7 hate crimes in Newton, Mass.
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By Carin M. Smile (JNS) Police have opened investigations into seven acts of antisemitic hate in the past few weeks in Newton, Mass., a town of 87,000 people. In one case, someone threw a rock through the window of a Jewish family’s home that posted lawn signs saying “Boston Strong. Israel Strong” and “Bring Them Home.” The family released a statement after the attack in which they vowed that “violence has no place in our community, and we will not give in to bullying and intimidation.” In another incident, someone used red paint to mar an entire line of lawn posters featuring the faces of Isr ..read more
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Pew: Half of US Muslims say ‘valid’ Hamas reasons to fight Israel
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Regardless of how they feel about Oct. 7, almost half of U.S. Muslim adults (49%) say that Hamas had “valid” reasons to fight Israel, and 21% of that demographic said that Hamas’s terror attack on Oct. 7 was either “completely acceptable” (10%) or “somewhat acceptable” (11%). That’s according to new data from the Pew Research Center, based on a survey of 12,693 American adults between Feb. 13 and 25. “Unlike most nationally representative polling in the United States since the war began, our survey includes enough Jewish and Muslim respondents to allow their views to be analyzed separately,” P ..read more
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Professor ends ‘sleep-in’ protest of Jew-hatred after Berkeley agrees to requests
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By Melissa Langsam Braunstein Ron Hassner, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who has attracted national coverage by sleeping in his office to protest antisemitism on campus, announced on Thursday that the university had agreed to his three requests, thus ending his nearly two-week “sleep-in.” In a message to Jewish campus leaders about the end of his protest, Hassner, the chancellor’s chair in political science and chair in Israel studies, described the community that coalesced around his protest “Some 80 to 100 guests came to my office every day to eat, drink, chat, meet ..read more
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Does Palestinian Violence Have Benefits?
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By Rafael Medoff  Could something good come out of the October 7 murders, rapes, and beheadings? At least one ex-State Department official seems to think so—and it’s not the first time U.S. officials have suggested that Palestinian Arab violence might have a positive side. Writing in the new issue of Foreign Affairs, former Assistant Secretary of State Martin Indyk asserts that as awful as October 7 was, there could be a beneficial result—the creation of a Palestinian Arab state. “As a result of the war in Gaza,” Indyk writes, the Biden administration has “stronger leverage to transform t ..read more
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The father of Oct. 7 victims to speak “From the Heart of Israel” at Springfield JCC
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SPRINGFIELD, MA– Professor Ilan Troen will share his firsthand account of Israel’s October 7 terrorist attacks in which his daughter and son-in-law were murdered at “From the Heart of Israel: Reflections on Resilience and Strength,” a talk will be held Sunday March 10, 10:30 am, at the Springfield Jewish Community Center, located at 1160 Dickinson Street, Springfield.  A distinguished historian of Israel and Jewish studies and resident of Beer-Sheva, Professor Troen will contextualize the complications in the aftermath of October 7 for all of us – Jews in Israel and in North America. Ilan ..read more
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West Hartford Police Charge West Haven Man in Connection with LaSalle Road Vandalism During Protest
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By Ronni Newton A 24-year-old West Haven man turned himself in to West Hartford Police on Monday and faces several charges after being identified as a suspect involved in vandalism of a building at 65 LaSalle Road in West Hartford Center during a pro-Palestinian rally that took place on Jan. 21, 2024. According to Capt. Daniel Moffo, West Hartford detectives sought a warrant from Hartford Criminal Court for Hicham Talal, 24, of West Haven, after he was identified as a suspect in the incident that involved spraying red paint on the exterior walls, windows, and doors of 65 LaSalle Road. Posters ..read more
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How soon we forget: October 7 provided a brief moment of clarity
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By Alan Stein Four months ago, on October 7, Hamas led invaders from Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Fatah, along with thousands of ordinary Gaza civilians, as they broke through, under and over the fence separating Israel from Gaza and proceeded to murder 1,200 people, brutalize thousands more and kidnap 240 people, taking them – most brutalized but alive, with some already murdered – into Gaza as hostages. Most of the victims were Israelis, but dozens were foreign workers, visitors and citizens, including a significant number of Americans, some still being held hostage in Gaza. Even while it w ..read more
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