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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… Continue Reading
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Trump taps Mike Huckabee, evangelical favorite, to be ambassador to Israel
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump named Mike Huckabee as his ambassador to Israel, picking an evangelical Christian who favors Jewish sovereignty in parts of the West Bank and who, if confirmed, would be the first… Continue Reading
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Trump taps Iran hawks Marco Rubio, Mike Waltz for top national security roles
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is filling out his national security team with pro-Israel hawks who favor maximum pressure on Iran to stand down from its belligerence in the region. Reports Monday said Trump planned… Continue Reading
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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…. Continue Reading
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Stephen Miller, hardline Jewish Trump aide, to become deputy chief of staff as immigration becomes top issue
Donald Trump has tapped Stephen Miller, one of his most prominent Jewish advisers and a force behind many of his most hardline immigration policies, to be deputy chief of staff as the former president returns for a second term.
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Cornell’s handling of a new course on Gaza could preview campus Israel battles under Trump
Three weeks after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack in Israel, a Jewish professor at Cornell University named Eric Cheyfitz offered a “teach-in” titled “Gaza, Settler Colonialism, and the Global War Against Indigenous… Continue Reading
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Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen, a Jewish Democrat, narrowly wins reelection
Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen, a Jewish Democrat, clinched reelection in a tight race over the weekend, bucking the state’s swing toward Donald Trump in the presidential vote and curbing Republican gains in the Senate. Rosen’s win… Continue Reading
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Trump to nominate Elise Stefanik, who grilled university presidents on antisemitism, as UN ambassador
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rep. Elise Stefanik, a close ally whose questioning about campus antisemitism led to the resignations of two Ivy League presidents, as his ambassador to the United Nations, multiple… Continue Reading
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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,… Continue Reading
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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… Continue Reading