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(JTA) — Rep. Becca Balint stormed out of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday after Bondi deflected questions about the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and instead criticized Balint’s record on antisemitism. Lawmakers called the hearing to press Bondi on a range of issues, including Epstein and the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement... The post Jewish congresswoman storms out of Epstein hearing after Pam Bondi raises her record on antisemitism appeared first on The Forward.

Three Senate candidates in Michigan are unified around demand for Democrats to stand their ground on shutdown fight

Professor David Gelernter has defended the email in messages to students and Yale officials.

Carrie Prejean Boller, a former Miss California and a recent Catholic convert, was removed Wednesday from the Religious Liberties Commission after she made some controversial remarks about Jews and Israel in a hearing on antisemitism. “Catholics do not embrace Zionism,” she said. “So are all Catholics antisemites?” Prejean Boller was responding to the idea, presented... The post What Carrie Prejean Boller tells us about Christian Zionism in the U.S. appeared first on The Forward.

Por ANDREW DESTIN SEATTLE (AP) — Ernest Jones IV soltó algunas palabras subidas de tono mientras elogiaba a sus compañeros de la defensa, a su línea ofensiva, a su quarterback y a la ciudad de Seattle el miércoles antes del desfile de la victoria del Super Bowl de los Seahawks. Al igual que el resto […]

Elena remembers a moment when she fully disappeared. She describes it as “emerging into a wall or a transparent substance without any borders.” Adah feels she has disappeared from certain places and people when moving to a new place. Others, like Adi, wish to have more of a chance to disappear: to be less visible... The post A podcast about disappearance – and Yiddish life appeared first on The Forward.

The question of addiction is a key pillar of the case.

Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson miss out on becoming the first British figure skaters in 32 years to win an Olympic medal, as they fail to make the ice dance podium.

Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson miss out on becoming the first British figure skaters in 32 years to win an Olympic medal, as they fail to make the ice dance podium.

Residents and rescue teams were still searching for at least six other people

Emergency crews arrived to the find the cab of the tractor-trailer hanging off the edge of the bridge with the driver trapped inside.

The United States and China are poised to extend the trade truce they negotiated in South Korea by up to a year when President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping are expected to meet in Beijing in early April, according to several people familiar with the discussions. The uneasy truce, struck last October after a bilateral meeting between the two leaders in Busan, rolled back tariffs and export controls after months of spiralling tensions marked by triple-digit “retaliatory” levies and...