Trump picks Matt Gaetz, who called ADL ‘racist’ and invited Holocaust denier to SOTU, for attorney general

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Matt Gaetz as his nominee for attorney general, putting forward a firebrand who has tussled with Jewish groups, embraced an antisemitic conspiracy theory and associated with a Holocaust denier. Gaetz, 42, was elected to Congress in 2016, where he has represented a district in the Florida Panhandle and has gained […]

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Federal judge temporarily blocks Louisiana’s law requiring classrooms to display Ten Commandments

A federal judge temporarily blocked a new law in Louisiana that would have required public schools to display the Ten Commandments by Jan. 1, 2025. The ruling by U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles in Baton Rouge follows a lawsuit brought by a coalition of parents, including three Jewish families, arguing that the law violated […]

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House set to vote on bill targeting nonprofits accused of supporting terrorism

U.S. law prohibits nonprofits from providing support to terrorist organizations, but enforcing that prohibition requires the government to furnish proof of a violation, triggering a judicial process that can be lengthy and arduous.  In the more than two decades since the current law was enacted, following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the law has rarely […]

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Florida man arrested for targeting Jewish Rep. Jared Moskowitz, who says the suspect was found with an antisemitic manifesto

Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a Jewish Florida Democrat, said a man who was arrested for planning “a potential plot on my life” was found near the congressman’s home with an antisemitic manifesto. Following a police raid on Nov. 2, the suspect, John Lapinski, 41, was arrested for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and […]

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Daniel Lurie, Jewish political neophyte and heir to Levi Strauss fortune, wins San Francisco mayoral race

A Jewish scion to a business fortune with deep ties to the Bay Area Jewish community will be San Francisco’s next mayor. Daniel Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss clothing empire who has never before held political office, bested incumbent London Breed in this week’s elections. Lurie was beating Breed in ranked-choice voting, 56.2% […]

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‘Deja vu all over again’: HIAS stares down 4 more years under Trump, a president hostile to the immigrants it aids

WASHINGTON — When Mark Hetfield started work on Wednesday morning, he did not know what to tell the staff at HIAS, the Jewish immigration aid and advocacy group where he serves as CEO.  Donald Trump, who reviles much of what the group does and stands for, had just been elected president. Trump’s actions during his […]

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