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Police and security stand outside the Center for Jewish Living at Cornell University on Nov. 3 in Ithaca, New York. The university canceled classes after one of its students is accused of making violent antisemetic threats.

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As threats against Jews, Arabs and Muslims rise, Justice Department looks to help

4:14pm November 17, 2023

by Ryan Lucas

The Justice Department is engaging with the Jewish, Arab and Muslim communities in the U.S. as they face a wave of threats since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.

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A truck drives by a car wash in New York City. Public officials are warning Jewish customers of price gouging at local car washes ahead of Passover.

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As Passover nears, New York's AG warns Jewish customers about car wash price gouging

5:00am March 22, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

For Passover, many Jews clean their homes and cars. The New York attorney general's office said there are reports of car washes raising their prices 50% for Jewish customers ahead of Passover.

Martin Luther King, Jr. listening to a transistor radio in the front line of the third march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to campaign for proper registration of black voters, March 23, 1965. Ralph Abernathy (second from left), Ralph Bunche (third fr

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Black-Jewish Relations Intensified And Tested By Current Political Climate

9:40pm April 23, 2017

by Akinyi Ochieng

Activist ties that go back to the Civil Rights Movement are being strained by divergent viewpoints on the movement for black lives and Israel's position on Palestine.