admin | May 21, 2024
WASHINGTON (JTA) At first glance, the chalkboard sign looked like any of the others standing in front of Washington D.C.s many restaurants and cafes.
admin | May 21, 2024
Students filed a lawsuit on Monday against Haverford College for violating civil rights of Jewish students by creating a hostile environment toward Jews and for holding double standards on conduct against them compared to other ethnic and religious groups. The suit filed to the Pennsylvanian Eastern District Court by five plaintiffs contended that the college administration had acted contrary to Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act by creating conditions in which Jewish students could not fully participate in classes and programming without fear of harassment.
admin | May 21, 2024
The morning after Easter Sunday in 1903, Yehiel Pesker went to his shop at the Kishinev market to inspect for damage. The previous day, the early rumblings of a pogrom had unsettled the city.
admin | May 21, 2024
Protestors have gathered in Center City on Tuesday morning to block traffic and call for an end to investment in Israel that could be used to fund the war in Gaza.
admin | May 21, 2024
A poster for Californias anti-hate hotline. Courtesy of the state Californias anti-hate hotline received 1,020 reports of potential criminal acts in its first year of operation, with anti-Black and anti-Jewish incidents leading the list, officials said Monday
admin | May 21, 2024
May is both Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Jewish American Heritage Month. Two entirely separate commemorations for two entirely separate communities, right?
admin | May 21, 2024
US President Joe Biden is not expected to oppose the updated Israeli ground operation in Rafah, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius predicted on Tuesday. Ignatius's prediction comes as Israel prepares for a ground operation in Rafah, which American officials believe will be limited in scope. Biden addressed Jewish community leaders and other elected officials at the White House on Monday to commemorate Jewish American Heritage Month.
admin | May 21, 2024
This article was produced as part ofJTAs Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. (JTA) On a rainy day in late January, senior Natalya McConnell smiled as fellow Jewish teens joined her walkout for Palestine in Seattles wealthy neighborhood of Bellevue.
admin | May 21, 2024
LOS ANGELES (JTA) Todays understanding of Hollywood the glitz, the glam, the red carpets and paparazzi are a far cry from the film industrys humble beginnings, when a group of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe laid the groundwork for what would become an epicenter of American and global culture. Such is the story told by a new exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, which opens Sunday. Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital traces the history and legacy of early 20th century Jewish Hollywood pioneers like the Warner brothers, Louis B.
admin | May 21, 2024
The New Orleans City Council Friday denounced the targeted antisemitic attack on one of its staff members after the front of their home and an Israeli flag hanging on it were splattered with blood red paint. "On the evening of May 16, vandals covered a New Orleans City Council staff member's home in red paint, presumably to represent blood, in relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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