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Texas creates required reading list that includes Anne Frank and the Bible
21+ hour, 57+ min ago (922+ words) The state board of education voted 9-5 for the list over objections from Jewish leaders. Texas instituted on Friday the nation's first-ever statewide K-12 required reading list for public schools. Students in public schools will soon be required to read Anne Frank's…...
A Jewish hero's elevation to the French Panth'on uncorks simmering divisions over who wears the mantle of resistance
1+ day, 49+ min ago (1028+ words) Marc Bloch's family called for leaders of the far-right National Rally to be banished from the ceremony. The symbolic internment in France's Pantheon mausoleum of Marc Bloch, the Jewish French scholar and World War II resistance fighter executed by the…...
Orthodox Jewish critics say they are 'repulsed' by Museum of Sex ads on buses
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (330+ words) Plus, many longtime participants of the NYC Dyke March will instead join a march hosted by Shalom, Dykes this weekend. -- The post Orthodox Jewish critics say they are "repulsed" by Museum of Sex ads on buses appeared first on Jewish…...
Austria once denied its Nazi past. Now it sends young people abroad to confront it.
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (884+ words) At a Long Island nonprofit preserving the story of a Holocaust rescuer, Austrian volunteers are helping bring that history to new audiences. For decades after 1945, Austrians often emphasized their own victimhood under Nazi Germany. Only in the 1980s and "90s did they…...
Emboldened democratic socialists are targeting Hakeem Jeffries. Jewish leaders are rushing to his defense.
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1397+ words) The moderate, pro-Israel House minority leader is facing stepped up threats from progressives. As they celebrated a series of resounding victories for their congressional and state legislative candidates in primaries across New York City on Tuesday night, attendees at democratic…...
The first and second Jewish mayors of Providence, Rhode Island, just had a shared bar mitzvah
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (989+ words) In addition Mayor Brett Smiley, former mayor and congressman David Cicilline was also part of the adult bar mitzvah cohort. It is not every day a sitting mayor celebrates his bar mitzvah. But last Saturday, as more than 700 people packed…...
Massachusetts principal under fire for apologizing for antisemitism discussion
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (633+ words) Initial reports that the Lexington principal expressed regret for holding a Holocaust lesson were misleading, according to local media. A lesson on antisemitism went awry after the principal of a Boston-area middle school sent an obliquely worded apology letter to…...
Half of Americans think the U. S. is "too supportive" of Israel
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (561+ words) Six out of ten American voters did not think the Iran war was worth it, a new Quinnipiac poll found. A new survey found that 48% of American voters think the United States is "too supportive" of Israel, the highest since…...
Jewish anti-Zionist David Orkin defeats incumbent in NY Assembly primary
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (642+ words) Orkin's victory comes at a time when debates over Israel have become increasingly prominent within Democratic politics. David Orkin, a Jewish anti-Zionist attorney and democratic socialist, defeated incumbent New York State Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar in Tuesday's Democratic primary. Orkin won…...
Mamdani touts "Babies not Bombs" messaging after flexing political muscle in the New York primaries
3+ day, 53+ min ago (357+ words) Trump reacts: "America the Beautiful will NEVER be a Communist Country! !!" New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani celebrated the victories of the progressive candidates he endorsed in New York's Democratic primaries" describing their success as a "shift in the balance…...