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(JTA) — A federal court ruled that President Trump cannot end a program favored by multiple Jewish groups that protects undocumented immigrants brought to the USA as children. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on Thursday concurred with a federal district judge’s decision from January that Trump lacked the…
I used to be That Guy. I always voted Republican. I watched Fox News. I read clickbait articles on Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. I echoed these slanted talking points when I was a Radio show guest prior to the 2016 Presidential General Election. In one sense, I was just your average, conservative, pro-Israel Jewish…
I first met Maria Cruz a little over two years ago at an Einstein Brothers Bagel Cafe on the campus of Augsburg University in Minneapolis. At the time, I was starting an academic fellowship at Augsburg’s Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship. My project was to research and analyze how the Holocaust is distorted and…
(JTA) — An Israeli citizen living in California under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status was jailed for nearly a week and threatened with deportation after making a wrong turn at the U.S.-Mexico border. Orr Yakobi, 22, is a senior at the University of California, San Diego. He was brought to the U.S. by…
Taking aim at one of only two Jewish Republican members of Congress, Bend The Arc, a progressive Jewish group, is planning to protest outside the office of New York Rep. Lee Zeldin on Monday. “In the spirit of the Jewish High Holidays, a time of awakening, atonement and accountability, activists will urge Rep. Zeldin, one…
This time of year was a difficult time for my father. Did each September — or more precisely, each month of Elul in the Hebrew calendar – did each one get progressively more difficult for him as he got older? Or did I just get more attuned to his feelings as I got older? Perhaps…
Rep. Lee Zeldin, one of two Republicans in Congress, said he supports President Trump’s decision to kill DACA — but is open to Congress passing a similar measure. “If the Obama administration wanted to implement the DACA program, it should have made the case to Congress and try to pass its proposal into law,” Zeldin…
Welcome back to Jane Looking Forward a little more than a week before the High Holidays. Remember, if you wish to continue reading this weekly newsletter, sign up here. And please share with your friends and community! It appears that the campaign to oust David Myers from his new position as president and CEO of…
אַ סך פֿון זײַנע תּלמידים האָבן נישט געשטאַמט פֿון ייִדיש־רעדערס; פֿאָרט האָט ער זיך אָפּגעגעבן מיט זיי, סײַ װי תּלמידים סײַ ווי מיטאַרבעטערס.
