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Mamdani's Antisemitism Plan Comes With Money
Mamdani's antisemitism plan comes with money. New York's mayor unveiled a 35-page strategy Tuesday, with $1 million for security at synagogues and other nonprofits and $2 million for a Holocaust memorial at Queens Borough…
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Isaac Herzog
Kol HaNeshama, a Reform synagogue in Jerusalem, has been targeted five times since August. On Yom Kippur morning, two youths showed up asking to book a bar mitzvah for their…
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Bo French
The Republican running for Texas Railroad Commissioner once polled followers on whether "Jews" or "Muslims" pose "a bigger threat to America." CNN found deleted posts in which he called for…
The Weekly Kvetch
In December, UC Berkeley settled with Israeli dance scholar Yael Nativ, admitted wrongdoing, and promised to invite her back to teach. In February, Chancellor Rich Lyons apologized to her on Zoom. By September, still no offer. 10 Department chair SanSan Kwan had managed to disinvite…
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