UPDATE: The Texas State Board of Education voted 8-7 on Friday to approve the curriculum. Most of the time, as the senior rabbi of Temple Beth-El in San Antonio, Rabbi Mara Nathan’s focus is on Jewish families. But this week, she’s finding herself thinking about Christian ones, too. That’s because Texas is poised to adopt a […]
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Nineteen Senate Democrats backed a failed attempt to block weapons shipments to Israel on Wednesday, a sign of growing criticism of — and division over — Israel in the party. The three resolutions that came before the Senate, each aiming to block different offensive U.S. weapons shipments to Israel, were put forward by Sen. Bernie […]
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A coalition of more than 55 centrist and progressive Jewish groups is lobbying against a bipartisan bill that would give the Treasury Department broad powers to revoke the tax exemption of any nonprofit it deems to be a “terrorist-supporting organization.” The Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act is slated for a vote […]
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WASHINGTON — At an annual event meant to honor people who champion its agenda, the Anti-Defamation League spotlighted a roster of Israelis and Americans whose stories reflected the fears and small triumphs Jews have experienced following more than a year of war in Israel and antipathy at home. There were three college students who fought […]
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A number of progressive Jewish groups are backing an effort by Sen. Bernie Sanders to block arms sales to Israel. The effort, a collection of several resolutions, is unlikely to pass in the closely divided Senate but could split Democratic lawmakers. The push is driving a wedge among Jewish organizations in the lead-up to Wednesday’s […]
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The oldest stone inscription of the Ten Commandments will go up for auction next month, but with an important disclaimer: Israel allowed the 1,500-year-old tablet to leave the country 20 years ago only on condition that whoever owns it ensures that it’s always available for public display. Sotheby’s is planning to note this history on the […]
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Nearly 20 years ago, Amy Bach, a young lawyer and journalist, spent time in a courtroom in rural Georgia to write about routine injustices in the legal system. She watched as a public defender pleaded 48 of his clients guilty in a single day. “He didn’t know their names or their faces or their cases. […]
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Full of lofty ambitions, a museum focused on American Jews has put its faith in a new leader who comes from Israel. The reason that Philadelphia’s Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History trusts Dan Tadmor to elevate the institution’s profile over the coming years is that he recently finished doing something similar at his […]
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The head of Jewish Federations of North America is doubling down on nonpartisanship after one of his executives upset colleagues last week by signaling excitement about Jewish settlement in Gaza. The remark by Karen Paikin Barall, JFNA’s vice president of government relations, came during a meeting in Washington, D.C., held a week after Donald Trump’s […]
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Before Oct. 7, 2023, Marc Rowan was known more for his Wall Street acumen than for his political activism. But over the past year, the billionaire investor has become one of the most prominent voices in a donor revolt born of dissatisfaction with how elite universities have responded to campus antisemitism. And now, Rowan may […]
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