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A Mercer Island synagogue was vandalized overnight with anti-Israel graffiti, marking the latest affront to Jewish institutions in the Seattle area, officials said Wednesday. Herzl-Ner Tamid was …

There's a growing concern over antisemitic incidents across the country and here in Seattle. This comes after racist social media comments by a well-known celebrity.

The money will go toward helping Jewish Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion as well as any Ukrainian refugees resettled in the Puget Sound area.

Graffiti bearing an anti-Semitic message was spray-painted on a building near the Seattle office for a Jewish community organization.

As conditions in Afghanistan deteriorate, lawmakers, former ambassadors, and private organizations are raising new alarms.

When Taliban fighters hunting for Ahmad Shoaib Durgee knocked on his door in Kabul, Afghanistan, he scrambled to escape with his family of six to reunite with his sister in Sacramento, California.

Tens of thousands of Afghan refugees are making a new life in America since the Taliban regained control of the country in August. As numbers grow, the Biden administration wants Congress to make it easier for refugees headed here. Most of these refugees came here temporarily on humanitarian grounds. While there is wide support for those who worked alongside the U.S. after 9/11, there are concerns about those who didn't. 

US lawmakers push administration to establish two top posts to help Afghans and others who missed US withdrawal deadline