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Here’s A List Of Events Around The Country Commemorating The Tree Of Life Shooting
This Sunday marks one year since the shooting at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha synagogue in Pittsburgh, in which 11 people were killed. Anniversaries of deaths have great significance in Judaism. They are commonly called the _yahrzeit,_ a Yiddish word which simply means “the time of the year.” Jewish organizations across the country have organized…
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We’re Collecting Real Stories From Jews Concerned With Anti-Semitism. Share Yours.
A new survey of American Jews by the American Jewish Committee showed respondents’ serious concern for their safety as Jews. One of four Jews in the survey, said that they “avoid certain places, events or situations out of fear” for their “safety or comfort as a Jew.” In a separate question, 31 percent said they…
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Nearly All Jews See Rising Anti-Semitism. Here’s How We’ve Covered Its Growth.
For the first time, we have comprehensive national survey data about how American Jews feel about anti-Semitism. The American Jewish Committee, a nonprofit Jewish advocacy group, has polled Jewish opinion for decades. On the subject of anti-Semitism, they’ve traditionally just asked American Jews whether they are concerned, or whether it’s an important issue for the…
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A Major Poll On Anti-Semitism Just Dropped. Here are 4 Key Findings.
Nearly half of American Jews aged 18-29 say they’ve been the victims of anti-Semitism in the last five years, according to a survey released Wednesday by the American Jewish Committee. The poll of American Jewish attitudes towards and response to anti-Semitism was released nearly one year after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, the deadliest anti-Semitic incident…
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New Israel Fund Courts Liberals Vexed By Federations’ Philanthropic Veto Power
After philanthropists protested Jewish federations’ denial of their desire to donate money to a group critical of Israel, the New Israel Fund is creating a new pipeline for philanthropists to support it and other progressive groups, the Forward has learned. An American charity whose mission is to direct funding to liberal groups that push for…
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For Pittsburgh Residents, A Year Of Grief And Elbow Grease
Seymour Drescher approached the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha building in Pittsburgh and was turned away during the horrific shooting last October. He always thought he had escaped unscathed. But this Rosh Hashanah, when the congregants who normally blew the shofar were absent, he realized he had not. “When the shofar blast came out, the final…
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Remembering Elijah Cummings, A Brave Leader And Friend Of The Jewish Community
As I thought about Rep. Elijah Cummings in the hours after his death Thursday morning, my mind kept going to images of the students applying to join his namesake initiative, the Elijah Cummings Youth Program in Israel. Each spring, about 25 high school sophomores from the Congressman’s district are selected to interview for slots in…
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Here’s The Connection Between Israel’s Biggest Company And The Opioid Epidemic
The chief executive of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries — Israel’s largest company — has been summoned to the U.S. to make a deal in the massive opioid litigation. Teva is one of several pharmaceutical giants defending lawsuits over their involvement in the opioid epidemic, which has taken on global proportions and kills, on average, 130 Americans…
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Letter from Germany: We Do Not Want Your Apologies
Once or twice a week, I walk with my 7-year-old son, sometimes with one of his friends, to a chess class. There’s an easy road: via Rosenthaler Strasse in Berlin’s Mitte district, past Hackescher Markt, then a right to our destination. But we don’t like the big streets – there are too many people, and…
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A Jewish Republican’s All In For Trump. The Strategy’s Got Rewards — And Risks
Congressman Lee Zeldin is a Republican in the very blue state of New York. The Jewish politician won a third term in the House by only four points in 2018. Yet Zeldin has seized the spotlight in the season of impeachment by defending Donald Trump — reviled by liberals — and criticizing the Jewish Democrat…
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This Polarizing Liberal Zionist Group Is Growing. Can It Overcome Its Past?
Carly Pildis is a progressive activist and writer who frequently speaks out about anti-Semitism on the left as well as the depredations of the right. Every day, she says, she gets messages from American Jewish women who tell her they’re scared of expressing their support for Israel, or even their Jewish identities, in progressive spaces….
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