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Lawsuit by former Israeli hostage against Palestine Chronicle thrown out by US Judge

On Friday 31 January 2025, District Judge Tiffany Cartwright ruled that "Jan's complaint does not allege actual knowledge [and therefore] his compensation allegations must be dismissed."

 Israeli hostage Almog Meir Jan, who was kidnapped by hamas terrorists on October 7, and was held captive in Gaza until the Israeli army rescued him a month ago, returns to his home town Or Yehuda.July 7, 2024.
 PROTESTERS GATHER behind barricades to protect an encampment in support of Palestinians in Gaza, at the University of Washington in Seattle, this week, as a pro-Israel rally march took place nearby.

Pro-Palestinian rally in Seattle marks year of Israeli strikes on Gaza

 Trinity College in Dublin is divesting from Israel after a student protest there, May 8, 2024.

Some universities agreed to consider divesting from Israel

 PROTESTERS IN London hold up anti-Israel posters during a demonstration last weekend. Social media account are accusing Israel of taking control of the UK and seeking to put other European countries in its power.

'Long live October 7:' Seattle activists praise Hamas and Hezbollah at rally


Seattle Jews to remount an antisemitism exhibit alone, after staff shut it down for Zionism

Museum leaders had announced the exhibit would be reconfigured and presented to the public at a different venue later in the summer.

 The Wing Luke Museum in Seattle, Washington.

Seattle museum staff walk out over antisemitism exhibit, forcing its early closure

The staffers protested after the Jewish Historical Society commenced the exhibit by explaining “Today, antisemitism is often disguised as anti-Zionism.”

 PROTESTERS GATHER behind barricades to protect an encampment in support of Palestinians in Gaza, at the University of Washington in Seattle, this week, as a pro-Israel rally march took place nearby.

Soaking in Seattle (and Tacoma)

If you’re planning a visit to Seattle and/or its sister city, Tacoma, it’s best to come equipped with foul-weather gear because it would be a shame to spend all your time indoors

 THE SIGHTS of Seattle: Pike Place Market

Seattle synagogue vandalized amid antisemitic hate crime wave

According to The Seattle Times, "at least five Jewish institutions in Seattle have received suspicious envelopes, with four containing white powder, since Nov. 3."

 Seattle Skyline view from Queen Anne Hill.

US man sentenced for bringing Molotov Cocktails to Labor Day parade

Prosecutors stated that the man, Justin Christopher Moore from Washington, had intended to blow up the building of the Seattle Police Officers Guild.

Marches on Labor Day 2017

Looking into Seattle's Sephardic Jewish history

While the Sephardic communal standard follows the norms of Jewish law, individual practice is varied but accepted.

 THE EXTERIOR of the former Sephardic Bikur Holim synagogue in Seattle, now the Tolliver Temple.

US synagogue faces anti-Israel graffiti day before Holocaust Remembrance Day

The historic Seattle Reform synagogue had also been tagged with antisemitic graffiti six years ago. 

A Holocaust memorial commemorating the murder of some 900 Jews in Golovanevsk, Ukraine was vandalized on Tuesday.

Nissim Black's new Hanukkah song 'Victory' fights against antisemitism

The song is about taking a stance against anti-Jewish discrimination as well as the story of Hanukkah.

Nissim Black in a field wearing traditional Hasidic garb. (Tziporah Litman/Courtesy of Black)

Man yells antisemitic statements, does Nazi salute at Seattle airport

The incident occurred while passengers were boarding a flight between Seattle, Washington to Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas.

A Nazi armband with a swastika displayed in the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Two Israelis die in accidents in Seattle, Georgia

Bassel Abu Shariki, a resident of the Negev, was seven months away from completing his medical degree.

 Bassel Abu Shariki

Orthodox protesters again disrupt prayer at Western Wall as monthly ritual repeats

Thousands of black-attired young yeshiva students swarmed a group of about 100 women and a dozen men who accompanied them to the Western Wall.

 The The Western Wall Heritage Foundation's new ‘Western Wall Heritage Center’