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Boris Spassky, chess grandmaster who played the ‘game of the century’, dies aged 88

One of the sport’s first mainstream stars, his reported Jewishness remains an enigma

By Menachem Wecker

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Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died aged 88 (Image: Getty)
Pro-Palestine protestors occupied an administrative building at Barnard College in response to the expulsion of two students who disrupted a class on Israeli history (Image: JNS)

Palestine protestors occupy Barnard building after students expelled

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Fetterman gets standing ovation at Yeshiva University for condemning Harvard in graduation speech

Fetterman gets standing ovation at Yeshiva University for condemning Harvard in graduation speech

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An ambulance drives down the street in Lyon, eastern France, on July 16, 2023. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE/AFP via Getty Images)

Jewish woman stabbed and swastika carved on her door

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BERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 29: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (C), nephew of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, greets people from a wide spectrum, including coronavirus skeptics, conspiracy enthusiasts, right-wing extremists, religious conservatives, hippies and others gathered under the Victory Column in the city center to hear speeches during a protest against coronavirus-related restrictions and government policy as Michael Ballweg (L), founder of the Querdenker movement, looks on on August 29, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. City authorities had banned the planned protest, citing the flouting of social distancing by participants in a similar march that drew at least 17,000 people a few weeks ago, but a court overturned the ban. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

$50,000 reward offered for info on 1994 NYC antisemitic murder

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July 11, 2023 08:46
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New evidence says ancient Jews watched but didn’t participate in gladiatorial games

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July 5, 2023 11:38
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July 3, 2023 11:32
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Zelensky has helped slash antisemitism in Ukraine says ADL

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May 31, 2023 15:51
Ukainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stands in the town of Bucha, northwest of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, on April 4, 2022. - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 3, 2022 the Russian leadership was responsible for civilian killings in Bucha, outside Kyiv, where bodies were found lying in the street after the town was retaken by the Ukrainian army. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

World’s oldest Hebrew Bible sells for £26m

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May 17, 2023 19:30
World’s oldest Hebrew Bible sells for £26m