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Texas synagogue attack ignites debate over delay in confirmation of special envoy on antisemitism
In the wake of Saturday’s attack at the Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, a debate is brewing among Jewish American groups about whether the incident — which the FBI deemed as a terrorist attack — should be treated as domestic terrorism or as a global antisemitic attack. At the heart of the conversation is…
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Near Texas synagogue, a ‘bubble’ is pierced by attack
COLLEYVILLE, Texas – Lisa Bain Grossman, who lives next door to Congregation Beth Israel, had a sign on her front lawn Sunday that read “Love” with a Star of David in place of the “o.” Grossman said she had made the sign back in 2018, when 11 people were shot dead during Shabbat services at…
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Details emerge about hostage-taker as Jews upset by FBI remark on his motive
Update: In a statement released late Sunday, the FBI described the hostage-taking as “a terrorism-related matter, in which the Jewish community was targeted.” British authorities arrested two teenagers Sunday in connection with the Shabbat attack on a Texas synagogue in which a 44-year-old Briton named Malik Faisal Akram held a rabbi and several congregants hostage…
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Jews of Color call for community to get on right side of history – and present
How does the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy apply to equity, diversity, and inclusion in Jewish communities? A panel of Jewish changemakers all hailing from different racial backgrounds tackled that question at the MLK, Jr. Day – Jewish Social Justice Summit 2022 held online Sunday, Jan. 16, by the Atlanta Jews of Color Council….
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‘His entire persona is listening and dialogue’: Meet the Texas rabbi held hostage for 11 hours
Michelle Werner was a first-year rabbinical student in Jerusalem with Charlie Cytron-Walker on 9/11, and remembers vividly the two sitting with their classmates in the Hebrew Union College cafeteria and watching the video “over and over” of the airplanes hitting the World Trade Center. On Saturday, as Cytron-Walker was held hostage in his Texas synagogue…
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Temple U. rower says she will quit team and transfer because of antisemitic harassment
Shortly after their first year at Temple University began this past summer, Sasha Westrick said, her roommate began teasing her about being Jewish. Westrick said the roommate made comments about her dressing up for Shabbat and believing in God, and once asked her for money because she said she thought Jewish people had a lot…
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After student rape allegation, YU restructures office handling sexual misconduct
Months after a Yeshiva University student accused a member of its celebrated basketball team of rape and university officials of mishandling her complaint, the school has restructured its office for handling sexual harassment and assault. Undergraduate Dean Karen Bacon announced the changes in a letter to students this week, saying they had been prompted by…
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A candidate mistrusted by some in the Jewish community decries antisemitism — and apologizes
Nida Allam, a county commissioner running for Congress in a deep blue North Carolina district, has frustrated some in the Jewish community who say her criticism of Israel has crossed the line into antisemitism. But Allam — who has been billed as a potential future member of “the Squad,” the progressive cadre in the U.S….
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Roadblocks ahead as activists push for Jewish fossil fuel divestment
When Beth Sirull took over the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego five years ago, she moved quickly to offer its donors -– including local Jewish groups –- the option to put their money in a fund that “applies a Jewish lens” to its investments. That meant buying Israel bonds, bankrolling affordable housing and using…
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A Holocaust course designed for Muslim students may soon be taught at more schools
Muslim students at a New York private school are taking a course on the Holocaust designed for young followers of Islam, a project backers hope will serve as a model for other Muslim schools. An after-school elective at Brooklyn Amity School, the course has brought a dozen 16 and 17-year-olds together every other week since…
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The first Jewish senators were slaveowners. How should we reckon with their legacy?
After the Washington Post released the first complete accounting of members of Congress who owned enslaved people, the Forward ran all nine Jews who entered Congress before the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery, through the database. What we found: Only two Jews on the list of more than 1,700 congresspeople — David…
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