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Mamdani hosts Jacob Frey, Jewish mayor of Minneapolis who has stood up to ICE
6+ hour, 1+ min ago (635+ words) Plus, a Yeshiva University student is assaulted in what the school said was an "unbiased attempted robbery." Minneapolis" Jewish mayor Jacob Frey, who has taken the national spotlight for a defiant stance against federal immigration enforcement in his city, visited…...
Oklahoma board denies proposal for Jewish charter school — and lawyers up ahead of expected legal battle
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (739+ words) I would be shocked if there's not a lawsuit filed by Friday," said the board's chair. A Jewish group is preparing to sue to overturn a ban on publicly funded religious charter schools in Oklahoma, after a state board unanimously…...
Anne Frank and ‘Night’ may soon be required reading in Texas public schools. Is that good for the Jews?
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (1491+ words) A first-of-its-kind list recognizes the importance of Holocaust education amid continuing tensions over who controls what students read and how those stories are taught. In the years since school libraries became a culture-war flashpoint, Texas has been one of the…...
Bill Aron, photographer of Jewish countercultures, gets his due in a sweeping retrospective
4+ day, 7+ min ago (471+ words) A new Center for Jewish History exhibit spans five decades of images " from the heyday of the havurah movement to the fading glory of the Jewish Lower East Side. Bill Aron, whose early projects included a series on Jews living…...
From far corners of the Jewish world, the women of Chabad gather in freezing Brooklyn
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (1056+ words) The annual gathering of female Chabad emissaries provided a respite for women typically on the front lines of Jewish life in far-flung communities. It was close to 90 degrees back home in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Friday, but Chani Aziza…...
Jewish leaders escalate concerns about unclear political conditions on federal security grants
1+ week, 1+ day ago (848+ words) After months of inquiries from Jewish groups and lawmakers, the federal government has yet to clarify whether immigration and DEI policies could affect synagogue security funding. The federal government distributes hundreds of millions of dollars each year to houses of…...
America’s Black-Jewish story gets an update on new PBS series featuring Henry Louis Gates, Michael Twitty and more
1+ week, 4+ day ago (462+ words) The four episode docuseries spans five centuries of Jewish and Black American relations, from the slave trade to Oct. 7. Passover may still be months away, but PBS is seating a diverse set of Jews down for a seder this week…...
My 4-year-old says the most precious thing in our home is our passports. She gets it.
2+ week, 1+ day ago (435+ words) Fighting antisemitism only accomplishes so much, writes a Crown Heights activist. My 4-year-old brings home a two-page class newsletter each week with highlights tied to the Torah, holidays, songs, and things that happened in school. The teacher also asks each…...
Meet Morris Katz, the 'Woody Allen-watching, Philip Roth-reading, Bob Dylan-listening' strategist behind Mamdani's rise
2+ week, 4+ day ago (633+ words) Plus, Jews are divided on Mamdani's technique as he shovels snow in Hasidic Brooklyn. Morris Katz, the 26-year-old political strategist who shot to stardom as Mamdani's right-hand man, has a rich Jewish lineage, reported The New York Times. The strategist…...
As Habonim Dror camps open space for anti-Zionist views, some families push back
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1555+ words) A new camp principle welcoming non- and anti-Zionist perspectives reflects post-Oct. 7 generational divides within a century-old youth movement. This article was produced as part of'JTA's Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report…...