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A child avoiding smoking. Illustration.
Merriness Today, Not Death Tomorrow

Israel Cancer Association to Haredim: Don't give kids cigarettes - even electronic ones

The Association released an irregular statement, saying that "Public figures bear a heavy responsibility requiring them to do everything in their power to prevent the continued serious phenomenon of smoking during the Purim holiday, which occurs primarily in religious and ultra-Orthodox communities."

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Visitors seen at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on May 2, 2024, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Strange and inappropriate

Bizarre new ad sparks debate over Yad Vashem’s future

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New York protest against israel

Another incredible Aish HaTorah initiative

Brave new documentary unveils Jewish students' fight against hate on U.S. campuses

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Ancient cemetery in Hebron

In Hebron’s ancient cemetery

Rabbi Yehuda Bibas' grave found after decades of searching 

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Logo of World Zionist Congree

What's on the line? Over $1 billion in funding 

The 39th World Zionist Congress: These are the 22 slates vying for your vote

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Voting in the WZC elections

Make your mark!

Can you vote in the 2025 World Zionist Congress Elections? Here’s what to know

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MR FAFO

Bye Now

Instagram axes Pallywood actor and influencer ‘Mr. FAFO’ 

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ISRAEL - CIRCA 1963: An old used Israeli postage stamp issued Keren Kayemet Le Israel in honor of the second and longest-serving President of Israel, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884 -1963)

Deep Dive

Voting opens today for the 39th World Zionist Congress: Here's everything you need to know

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 Sydney NSW Australia 6 October 2024. "Free Palestine" protest

The Growing Wave of Aliyah That Could Change Israel Forever

Antisemitism fuels exodus: Israel should prepare for a potential wave of Olim from this country

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Gyorgy Kun and his brother Istvan

The horrors of the Holocaust will forever live on

Last survivor of Mengele’s twin experiments dies at 93

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President Donald Trump.

The Plot Thickens...

US Department of Education warns 60 colleges of antisemitism-related civil rights enforcement

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Haredi fighter training to be a border policeman

The fight for conscription equality is far from over

IDF confirms: Recruitment target of 4,800 Haredim in one year cannot be met

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Neo-Nazis in Cincinnati

Zionists are not welcome

Cincinnati rabbi disinvited from anti-Nazi rally for supporting Israel 

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The Bibas family home after the Hamas massacre on October 7, at kibbutz Nir Oz, southern Israel. March 3, 2025.

Ongoing Controversy

"You belong in Gaza": Fauda star Mouna Hawa sparks outrage at Haifa performance

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Purim holiday greeting card with hamantaschen cookies and carnival mask

Food and friends

Mishloach Manot Madness: Fun Purim Gifts With a Shabbat Twist for 2025

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Two of the three suspects

Death penalty would be in order here

Israeli tourist to return home after brutal gang rape in India 

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Pittsburgher Rebbe

Amazing

Changing the rules: The Pittsburgher Rebbe’s secret to success lies in humble leadership

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The Jewish center destroyed

Hate on the rise

Jewish community center in Arizona torched in suspected hate crime

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Jewish community building in Buenos Aires

May Hashem Avenge Her Blood

Tragedy in Buenos Aires: Young Jewish woman murdered in brutal robbery

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MAGA Trump cap

About time

MAGA Trump cancels $400 million grant to Columbia University, cites Jew-hatred

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