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Debra Nussbaum Cohen

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  • Correspondent and Contributor, Forward
  • New York Correspondent, JNS
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Covers:  Religion, the Jewish community, Israel, philanthropy, business, science, trends, culture, popular culture, trends, social science, hard news, politics.
Possibly only journalist to have been NY Correspondent for both Haaretz & JNS. Bylines also in NYT, WSJ, NY mag & many others. Now NY Correspondent for JNS.

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Former Iowa Jewish community center to become housing for chronically homeless Original

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By Debra Nussbaum Cohen Verified, Rikki Zagelbaum Verified, Rebecca Szlechter
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(Aug. 28, 2026 / JNS) Sioux City, Iowa, has received a $1 million grant to convert a former Jewish Community Center into permanent supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness. The Missouri River Historical Development awarded the grant on Aug. 27 through its 2026 Economic Development Match Grant Program. It will support the $6.56 million Star Apartments project at 525 14th St., which will rehabilitate the building into 24 one- and two-bedroom apartments.
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Trump admin revokes visa of former Iraqi finance minister after being placed on terror watchlist

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By Debra Nussbaum Cohen Verified, Rikki Zagelbaum Verified, Rebecca Szlechter
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(Aug. 28, 2026 / JNS) The Trump administration has revoked the U.S. visa of former Iraqi Finance Minister Taif Sami Mohammed Al Shakarchi after she was placed on the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Database, the U.S. State Department announced on Aug. 28. In 2022, Al Shakarchi received the State Department’s International Women of Courage Award from then-Secretary of State Antony Blinken and then-first lady Jill Biden.
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Justice Department appeals dismissal of Jew-hatred lawsuit against Harvard

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By Debra Nussbaum Cohen Verified, Rebecca Szlechter, Mike Wagenheim Verified
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(Aug. 28, 2026 / JNS) The U.S. Department of Justice is appealing the dismissal of its antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard University, seeking to revive a case in which the government wants to recover nearly $1 billion in federal grants over the university’s alleged failure to protect Jewish and Israeli students. The department filed its appeal on Thursday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, challenging U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns’s Aug. 13 dismissal of the case.
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