Antisemitism is a growing problem. Georgia’s proposed law is the wrong way to fight it
Legislators should rely on better definitions for fighting anti-Jewish hate
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Fast Forward When you’re the only Jew in the statehouse, nobody gets your jokes
Esther Panitch on being Jewish in the South, the pressure of being Georgia’s only Jewish legislator and her bill on antisemitism
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Fast Forward A Jewish Georgia legislator named Esther helped pass a law on antisemitism on the eve of Purim
Opponents criticized the bill on free speech grounds before it was passed with an overwhelming majority
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Fast Forward Jewish Democratic group steps up spending in Georgia runoff
The Jewish Democratic Council of America will have spent a quarter-million dollars to sway Jewish voters in the contest between Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker
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Fast Forward Democratic pro-Israel group aims to sway Jewish voters in Georgia runoff
The Democratic Majority for Israel PAC is buying ads highlighting incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock’s support for Israel
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Fast Forward Georgia Republican compared companies providing abortion access to Nazi persecution of Jews
A Jewish state representative said he was ‘disgusted and angry’ after hearing the remarks
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Opinion States’ attempts to roll back voting rights betray American values — and Jewish ones
The sweeping law that Georgia’s legislature passed on Thursday to restrict voting rights — part of a proliferation of such efforts Republicans are pushing in statehouses across the country — is shameful. I always thought it was tragic that comparatively few American citizens took seriously their right to vote. Now, rather than celebrating after the…
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News ‘We’ll do anything we can’: Jewish groups in solidarity with Asian-Americans after Atlanta shootings
As the Asian-American community in Georgia and across the country reels from a shooting rampage Tuesday night that left eight dead at three spas in the Atlanta area, Jewish groups say they stand ready to help. “Even if the murders were not racially motivated the fact is the Asian-American community is at a heightened sense…
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