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Izzy Salant is a Los Angeles-based journalist and social media/digital marketing manager at JNS.

“Holding a vote that seeks to demonize the Jewish homeland on a day when Jewish students will not be able to participate is exclusionary, biased and flat-out wrong,” Maryland Hillel stated.
“Like all of you, I am heartbroken,” said Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) of the news this week that six hostages were killed by Hamas in Gaza, including one Israeli American. “We must bring them all home, now!”
“Nothing has currently activated the Los Angeles Jewish community quite like this,” said a rabbi who spoke at the event. “It gives me hope.”
“A lot of people are touched by it and very grateful,” the group Nova Heaven told JNS.
Harley Finkelstein spoke with JNS after an anti-Israel protester accused a guest of genocide during a live taping of his podcast at an event in Montreal.
“It was the highlight of my week,” a University of California student told JNS of Daniel Levine’s course on major Jewish texts.
“We are in the fight of our lifetimes,” said Rabbi Noah Farkas, who leads the Jewish Federation Los Angeles. “It’s going to take all of us.”
Known for its provocative billboards, JewBelong aims to make Passover more accessible.
Days after antisemitic posts came to light, candidate Kahllid Al-Alim was dropped by the UTLA teachers union.