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Congress grills K-12 school officials from New York, Berkeley and Maryland on responses to antisemitism
(JTA) — For two hours, members of Congress questioned three major public school leaders about allegations of student antisemitism — and took them to task for not doing more to counter it. The three heads of K-12 school… Continue Reading
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In a rare move, Biden administration withholds bombs to Israel in effort to influence Rafah operation
WASHINGTON (JTA) — As Israel prepared last week to launch a major operation in Rafah over the concerns of the White House, the Biden administration made rare use of a pressure tactic and held up the delivery of large… Continue Reading
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‘You are not alone’: Biden in Holocaust remembrance speech vows to fight Oct. 7 denialism
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Joe Biden aimed straight at American Jewish anxieties of the moment in a speech commemorating the Holocaust, pledging to keep alive the memory of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacres in the face of waves of… Continue Reading
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Bernie Sanders, 82, announces run for a fourth Senate term
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Bernie Sanders, the two-time presidential candidate and leading progressive senator, has announced he will run for a fourth term. Sanders, 82, an independent from Vermont, made history in 2016 as the first… Continue Reading
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Large Jewish organizations boycotted a meeting with the education secretary because progressive Jewish groups would be present
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Education Secretary Miguel Cardona had a presentation ready on combating antisemitism in schools and universities — an issue that has been at the center of a burning debate in recent weeks over… Continue Reading
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Pro-Palestinian encampments are closing after making deals with colleges. Some of their critics are still upset.
(JTA) – When he announced this week that Northwestern University had reached an agreement with the groups behind the school’s pro-Palestinian encampment, President Michael Schill was hopeful he could salvage the rest of the… Continue Reading
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Elon Musk says he’ll reinstate antisemite Nick Fuentes to X: ‘It is better to have anti whatever out in the open’
(JTA) — Elon Musk says he will restore the X account of Nick Fuentes, the Holocaust denier and antisemite who has said “perfidious Jews” should be executed. “Very well, he will be reinstated, provided he does not violate… Continue Reading
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Biden on campus pro-Palestinian protests: ‘Dissent must never lead to disorder,’ but don’t call federal troops
WASHINGTON (JTA) — In his first address about the pro-Palestinian protests rocking campuses nationwide, President Joe Biden said “order must prevail” but rejected proposals to bring in federal troops. “Dissent must never… Continue Reading
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Brown University board to vote on Israel divestment following agreement with protesters
(JTA) – While hundreds of Israel protesters on campuses across the country came to blows and arrests continued to mount this week, students in Providence, Rhode Island, faced a calmer reality on Wednesday. There, the tents in… Continue Reading
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Marjorie Taylor Greene says she opposed antisemitism bill because it rejects ‘Gospel’ that ‘the Jews’ handed Jesus to executioners
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican who has been criticized in the past for her dalliances with antisemitic tropes and influencers, explained her vote against a bill defining antisemitism by… Continue Reading