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Jussie Smollett speaks at the Children's Defense Fund California's 28th Annual Beat The Odds Awards at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, Dec. 6, 2018. (Gabriel Olsen/Getty Images)
Smollett, known for his role in the Fox drama “Empire,” was charged Feb. 20 with felony disorder conduct, which carries an up to three-year prison sentence and could require the actor to repay police for the cost of the investigation, which could run to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Louis Farrakhan speaking at a press conference at the Mosque Maryam in Chicago, March 31, 2011. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
“The wicked Jews want to use me to break up the women’s movement,” Farrakhan said on Feb. 17 during his address at the Nation of Islam’s Savior’s Day conference in Chicago.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., addressing supporters via internet live stream during his first campaign. (Screenshot from YouTube)
Sanders, 77, is seeking the nomination of the Democratic Party, despite an unsuccessful bid in 2016. He is a self-described democratic socialist.
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Jussie Smollett speaks at the Children's Defense Fund California's 28th Annual Beat The Odds Awards at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, Dec. 6, 2018. (Gabriel Olsen/Getty Images)
Smollett was born to a Jewish father and African-American mother. He portrays a gay musician on “Empire” named Jamal Lyon.
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Swastikas were painted on images of Simone Veil, a former Jewish lawmaker, on the mailboxes of a Paris town hall. (Screenshot from Le Parisien)
Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said Feb. 11 that the total of reported acts of anti-Semitism was 541 in 2018, up from 311 in 2017.
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David Yazbek, left, and Dean Sharenow, winners of Best Musical Theater Album for "The Band's Visit," pose in the press room at the Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Feb. 10, 2019. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Drake won for “God’s Plan,” but it was his only award out of seven nominations. The Canadian singer and former day school student has won a total of four Grammys among 34 nominations.
Read MoreIsrael ranks second in smartphone ownership, with 88 percent of its adults owning smartphones.
Read MoreGeffen was the sixth president of Baltimore Hebrew University, from 2000 to 2007, and was a professor emerita of sociology.
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Jussie Smollett speaks at the Children's Defense Fund California's 28th Annual Beat The Odds Awards at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, Dec. 6, 2018. (Gabriel Olsen/Getty Images)
“The most important thing I can say is ‘thank you so much, and I’m OK,'” Smollett, best known for his work on the show “Empire,” said.
Read MoreThe new indictment announced Jan. 29 adds a total of 19 charges, including 13 for hate crimes, to the 44 federal charges already filed against Robert Bowers.
Read MoreThe Netflix series features Rachel Brosnahan as a Jewish stay-at-home mom in the 1950s who decides to try her luck as a stand-up comedian. Tony Shalhoub plays her father.
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