Leaders of Tulsa’s Jewish community are publicly pushing back against a proposal to open a publicly funded Jewish charter school in Oklahoma, saying the plan was developed without meaningful local input and could destabilize existing Jewish institutions. In a joint statement released this week, senior figures from Tulsa’s synagogues, Jewish day school and community organizations […]
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As news broke over the weekend of an arson attack that heavily damaged the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, a few prominent individuals connected the culprit to pro-Palestinian activism. “This is a major tragedy. But it’s more than that,” Deborah Lipstadt, formerly the State Department’s special envoy to combat antisemitism, wrote on the social network […]
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The militant pro-Israel group Betar US has agreed to halt its operations in New York in a settlement with state Attorney General Letitia James, whose office found that the group had committed a “campaign of violence, harassment, and intimidation against Arab, Muslim, and Jewish New Yorkers.” The settlement announced Tuesday followed a months-long investigation into […]
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The remains of a synagogue in southern California destroyed in last January’s Eaton wildfire were vandalized over the weekend with anti-Zionist messages. The rabbi of the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center and the Anti-Defamation League decried the vandalism as antisemitic. “The vandalism of the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center is antisemitism — full stop,” ADL […]
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A Los Angeles real estate investor known for selling homes to celebrities has donated a $100 million office tower to Chabad, the global Orthodox Jewish outreach movement, to create what is slated to become one the world’s largest Jewish centers. Alon Abady and his wife, Monique, transferred the 16-story, 300,000-square-foot complex at 9911 W. Pico […]
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Supporters of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot and killed Renee Good, a U.S. citizen, in Minneapolis last week are flocking to an online fundraiser to, in its organizer’s words, “Defend the Agent Who Stopped a Deadly Attack on America’s Border Enforcers!” Included in the fundraiser’s pitch: antisemitic language directed at the city’s […]
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The Gestapo has become a cudgel in United States politics over recent days, as Democratic lawmakers compare ICE with Nazi Germany’s secret police and the White House calls them “unhinged” and “radical” for the parallel. State lawmakers across the country are pushing legislation to curb the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, which led to shootings […]
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As tensions have risen in the Republican Party over antisemitism within the party, one voice has been notably absent. Now, President Donald Trump, the party’s leader, has weighed in, indicating to The New York Times that he does not approve of antisemites in the party. “No, I don’t. I think we don’t need them. I […]
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A suspect has been arrested and charged with arson in connection with a fire that tore through Beth Israel Congregation, the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, early Saturday morning, authorities said, as federal agents investigate the attack as a possible hate crime. Firefighters with the Jackson Fire Department responded to reports of the blaze at […]
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Minneapolis’ Jewish mayor Jacob Frey is once again in the spotlight after he delivered a heated message to federal immigration forces on Wednesday after an ICE officer shot and killed a 37-year-old woman: “Get the f–k out of Minneapolis.” “There is little I can say again that will make this situation better, but I do […]
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