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Utah company embroiled in antisemitism scandal makes ‘game changer’ donation to local synagogue
Executives at Entrata, the Utah company whose founder was ousted last week over an antisemitic screed, called on a local rabbi to help them understand the roots of their former colleague’s bigotry. Rabbi Sam Spector was met by a level of angst and a gift he did not expect on Friday. He left Entrata’s offices…
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‘Antisemitism is not a game’: Why the Senate holdup on the antisemitism envoy matters
As Senate Democrats are seeking ways to confirm the nomination of Deborah E. Lipstadt as the State Department’s special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, amid Republican objection, experts are questioning whether the elevation of the position to the rank of an ambassador was worthwhile. “The important thing about this position is that there’s an…
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Lani Guinier drew on her Black and Jewish roots in a life of outspoken activism
Lani Guinier, the daughter of a white Jewish mother and Black Panamanian father whose nomination by President Clinton to head the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice was opposed by mainstream Jewish organizations, died on Friday. Guinier, who went on to become the first Black woman on the Harvard Law School faculty as…
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Lisa Colton has great big bold ideas on Jews and climate change
Lisa Colton plans to galvanize the Jewish community around climate change the same way she once sold Girl Scout cookies: with new ideas. As a scout, Colton purchased a box of each flavor cookie with her own money, cut the individual cookies into small pieces and offered them as samples. She sold more than 1,000…
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She defended disgraced author Chaim Walder. Now a revered rebbetzin is facing a backlash of her own.
The recent revelation of acclaimed children’s author Chaim Walder’s decades of sexual abuse has prompted a reckoning in the Orthodox community, or at least calls for one. It also prompted a prominent Haredi rebbetzin and scholar, Tziporah Heller, to write an impassioned Facebook post decrying those who shamed Walder and vilifying the reporter who first…
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In court for mobbing the Capitol, they compared themselves to persecuted Jews
One of the defining images of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots was a protester wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt leading the charge into the Senate chamber. Neo-Nazis and other white supremacist groups were heavily represented in the crowd that day. One insurrectionist was even dressed up as Adolf Hitler. Yet when the rioters had their…
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One year after Jan. 6 — a Jewish look back
In the hours leading up to the storming of the U.S. Capitol one year ago today, antisemitic rhetoric swirled through the crowds that had gathered in D.C. in an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election. “We are standing up to the evil globalists such as George Soros,” a former Breitbart News reporter told a…
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Mayor Adams taps 3 Jewish New Yorkers for top city jobs
Eric Adams, the new mayor of New York City, has appointed three Jews — including two members of the Orthodox community — to senior positions in his administration. Included on the mayor’s team roster, announced at City Hall Wednesday, are Fred Kreizman, who served as former Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s commissioner for community affairs; Ed Mermelstein,…
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Exclusive: Inside Birthright Israel’s new merger
Confronting challenges including the pandemic and younger generations’ growing alienation from Israel, Birthright Israel is merging with a smaller and lesser-known organization that provides internships, study and immersive living experiences in the Jewish State. Birthright, which has provided free 10-day trips to Israel for some 750,000 young adults since its founding in 1999, has in…
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‘Hero’ rabbi in Chabad of Poway shooting gets jail time
In a stunning decision, a federal judge sentenced former Chabad of Poway rabbi Yisroel Goldstein to 14 months in prison for tax and wire fraud on Tuesday, overriding prosecutors’ sentencing recommendations of house arrest and providing a measure of relief to a community still reeling from a deadly shooting at the synagogue in 2019. Federal…
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‘Berserk came into ascendence’: ADL chief opens up about Trump, antisemitism and democracy’s future in new book
The rise of antisemitic violence in recent years, the growing criticism of Israel and the rise of fringe elements on both sides of the political spectrum pose a real threat to the wellbeing of Jews in America, Jonathan Greenblatt, chief executive of the Anti-Defamation League, suggests in a new book set to be released on…
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