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Jessica Russak-Hoffman

Jessica Russak-Hoffman is a reporter for JNS in Seattle.

“Jewish Americans should never have to choose between exercising our constitutional right to worship and protecting ourselves from antisemitic violence,” Jayne Zirkle, communications director for the Lawfare Project, told JNS.
“I have concerns, but I have to do whatever I can to make sure this candidate, Abdul El-Sayed, does not win,” Rabbi Asher Lopatin told JNS.
“It is quite a stretch to say that yanking on a flag tied around someone’s neck is an objection to state policies,” the judge wrote in a new ruling. “Battery is not a legitimate form of protest.”
“Of all the things left for Shlock Rock to do, this was one of them,” lead singer Lenny Solomon told JNS. “I had played Birmingham. I had played Montgomery, but I had never played Mobile.”
“The whole world’s forgetting how to stay focused, how to learn, how to read,” Rabbi David Bashevkin told JNS.
Mark Goldfeder, director of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, told JNS that the universities are essentially admitting that “antisemitism is the cost of doing research.”
“A university has obligations under Title VI to ensure that its own sanctioned events do not create a hostile environment for any student, including Jewish students,” Rep. Dan Goldman said.
“With antisemitism rising across New York City and a new school year about to begin, this report could not come at a more critical moment,” Moshe Spern of United Jewish Teachers told JNS.
The bureau’s data suggested that a Jewish person was nearly 225% more likely to be a target of a hate crime than a black person was in the United States last year.
“No student should ever be discriminated against for who they are,” stated Canadian Jewish groups that contributed to the review.
Luc Jasmin III, who has drawn endorsements from CAIR and the governor of Washington, trailed 211 votes behind Natalie Poulson, the Republican.
“The Venue Fort Lauderdale is Jewish-owned and operated, and our values and commitment to the Jewish community are deeply important to us,” the event venue stated.