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Jessica Russak-Hoffman

Jessica Russak-Hoffman is a writer in Seattle.

Several people wore “ceasefire” pins on the red carpet prior to the Academy Awards ceremony.
“A person who is antisemitic has ingested poison, and the poison leads to irrational thinking,” Elizabeth Barcohana, of the California GOP, told JNS.
“We’re never going to remove evil from the world, but we are going to stand strong against it,” Rabbi Josh Bennett told JNS.
“When it comes to antisemites, our philosophy is simple: Gotta catch ’em all,” Mark Goldfeder, of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, stated.
“We really want this place to live Judaism, to live community and to breathe belonging,” Rabbi Ari Weiss, the Hillel’s executive director, told JNS.
A spokesman for the department told JNS that the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation drafted the statement, which referred to “Palestine.”
Josh Weiner at the North American Values Institute said “the company they are keeping says about their priorities, which clearly has little to do with the American students and teachers in Chicago classrooms.”
The Secure Community Network said “there is no known active threat to the community.”
A Republican amendment attached to the measure questions Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi’s link to the “reckless” activist group International Solidarity Movement.
Rami Even-Esh said he was beaten after lifting a sign of the slain Iranian leader at a gathering in Washington Square Park.
“I am trying to have the resilience that is in the DNA of all Israelis,” a seminary student from Washington state studying at Machon Maayan told JNS.
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom “has helped shape U.S. foreign policy by exposing the world’s most egregious violations of religious freedom,” Sen. Ted Budd told JNS.