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Mamdani sticks with Morris Katz, adviser who worked on Platner campaign

Cleveland Jewish News 15 Jul 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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Five countries over four days: How Cuba’s Maccabiah Games delegation made it to Israel

Cleveland Jewish News 15 Jul 2026
Nearly three decades after Hella Eskenazi’s first trip from her home in Cuba to the Maccabiah Games in Israel, the journey hasn’t gotten much easier ... .
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Mahmoud Khalil files lawsuit alleging Betar and Canary Mission ‘conspired’ with Trump administration against him

Cleveland Jewish News 15 Jul 2026
Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University pro-Palestinian protest leader, filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that the Trump administration had colluded with several pro-Israel groups to prosecute him for his advocacy ... .
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Jeffries opposes Massie bid to cut military aid to Israel, but says ‘change in direction ...

The Jerusalem Post 15 Jul 2026
PM Netanyahu says he wants to begin winding down US military aid to Israel over the last two years of the Trump administration, transitioning the US-Israel relationship “from aid to partnership." ....
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Michael Solomonov’s restaurant group says anti-Israel boycott did not cause closure of 6 locations

The Jerusalem Post 15 Jul 2026
Owner Steve Cook blamed the closures on inflation, declining lunch traffic, and an oversaturated fast-casual dining market. Pro-Palestinian activists claim it's because of the boycott ....
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PEN America president resigns after report warns of threats to Jewish, Israeli authors

The Jerusalem Post 14 Jul 2026
It’s the First Amendment that allows all of us to engage in boycotts, not PEN America,” Mengestu told the Atlantic. “PEN America as a free expression organization is supposed to defend that right ....
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Ro Khanna says armed settlers detained him in the West Bank; IDF disputes account

Cleveland Jewish News 14 Jul 2026
California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, who is eyeing a 2028 presidential bid, says he was detained last week by armed Israeli settlers in the West Bank last week — and that Israeli soldiers who arrived “took the settlers’ side.” ... .
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Mike Pence denounces alleged arson of Israeli flag in his Indiana hometown

Cleveland Jewish News 14 Jul 2026
Former Vice President Mike Pence has weighed in against antisemitism after officials in his Indiana town say a costly fire may have been caused by arson to an Israeli flag displayed on a local barn ... .
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Mamdani says commissioner’s plan to meet with Iranian ambassador was ‘made in error’

Cleveland Jewish News 14 Jul 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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Another Graham Platner potential replacement now says Israel committed genocide in Gaza

Cleveland Jewish News 14 Jul 2026
Shenna Bellows became Maine's secretary of state after leading the state's Holocaust center.--The post Another Graham Platner potential replacement now says Israel committed genocide in Gaza appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency ... .
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NYC teens turn stickers into a new form of Jewish activism

Cleveland Jewish News 14 Jul 2026
This article was produced as part of the New York Jewish Week’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around New York City to report on issues that affect their lives ... .
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PEN America president, defending Israel’s critics, resigns after report warns of threats to Jewish authors

Cleveland Jewish News 14 Jul 2026
The president of PEN America resigned over the weekend in protest of a report on boycotts targeting Jewish and Israeli authors, part of yet another round of internal division over Israel at the literary free-speech institution ... .
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Former US Vice President Mike Pence denounces alleged arson of Israeli flag in his Indiana hometown

The Jerusalem Post 14 Jul 2026
The town later announced that the FBI had joined the investigation and that officials were examining whether the arson “may have been motivated by bias” but said no determination had been made ....
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UK ministers tired of leadership’s excuses demand government impose ban on goods from Israeli settlements

Cleveland Jewish News 14 Jul 2026
British lawmakers from across the political spectrum are pressing the government to ban imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, saying that explanations for why such a ban has not yet been imposed were inadequate ... .
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