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WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The Biden administration is aiming to counter antisemitic discrimination in federally-funded transit systems, housing, food programs and other areas — one of the most major actions the White House has taken since it unveiled a far-reaching strategy to combat antisemitism in May. On Thursday, the administration announced that it is instructing […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Israel, which featured large in the first Republican debate, got nary a mention in its sequel on Wednesday night, as the candidates on stage in California instead sparred with each other over other issues. Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and ambassador to the United Nations, once again tangled with Vivek […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — An LGBTQ student group at Rice University has cut ties with the school’s Hillel, in the latest instance of backlash from a progressive group against the Jewish campus organization’s support for Israel.  The LGBTQ group, Rice Pride, announced the split last week in a statement on Instagram that said Hillel’s international umbrella […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – Richard Cortes can trace his spiritual development to a class field trip at a Florida theme park. It was 2008 and Cortes was taking classes at a Pentecostal megachurch, on a path toward seminary and eventually leading a congregation, when his group spent the day at Orlando’s Holy Land Experience. The creation […]

US Air Force judge advocate Rena Winick Weinstein wasn’t quite sure what she wanted to do with her life when she graduated high school. As an Orthodox Jew, Weinstein was certain of one thing: She wanted to go to college in a place that would support her religious lifestyle — and help her find her […]

(J. Jewish News of Northern California via (JEWISH REVIEW)) — Daniel Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune who is a philanthropist and nonprofit founder, is running for mayor of San Francisco. Lurie is seeking to lead the California city at a time of great challenge. San Francisco experienced a steep population decline during the pandemic; […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — More than 100 Jewish activists have signed a letter appealing to major advertisers to end their relationship with X, the platform previously known as Twitter that is owned by Elon Musk, calling it “a breeding ground for antisemitism” that “represents one of the largest dangers to Jews in years.” The signatories are […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — A high school football coach in suburban Cleveland has resigned after his team used the word “Nazi” in addition to racial slurs in its play calling during a game on Friday against a team in a heavily Jewish town. Tim McFarland, the coach of Brooklyn High School in Brooklyn, Ohio, submitted his […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Featuring 15 water slides, cabanas and an enormous wave pool, the largest indoor water park in the United States is open to all customers almost every day of the year. Almost. The calendar for the DreamWorks Water Park at American Dream Mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey, features blackout dates a couple […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Israelis were not sure their country would survive. American Jews were not sure how to respond. Fifty years after the Yom Kippur War — which broke out on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar in 1973 and lasted for about three weeks — some of those who lived through that time […]