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Menachem Wecker

Menachem Wecker is the U.S. bureau news editor of JNS.

The apology came nearly a week after a Brandeis University ad in the “New York Times” drew criticism for attacking Orthodox Judaism.
The newly retired dancer founded the American-Israeli Ballet Association.
“In this ad, ‘Orthodox’ clearly means rigid, antiquated, monolithic and unevolving. Since Orthodox Jews would reject these adjectives in their self-definition, this line is problematic,” said scholar Malka Simkovich.
“We are looking for ways to expand future data studies beyond that but face human as well as financial resource constraints,” a representative of Foggy Bottom’s diversity and inclusion office told JNS.
“It surpassed any single prior fundraising event for the museum,” the museum’s president and CEO told JNS.
“Any organization that doesn’t treat Israel as a legitimate and contributing nation does not deserve U.S. support or participation,” the Tennessee Republican said.
“It appeared to be another disturbing, disrespectful attempt at delegitimizing Israel,” reader Bob Berman told JNS.
“It’s shocking today, where we have access to so much information to research,” a community activist told JNS of that medieval antisemitic trope. “People fall into the same traps.”
The former U.S. ambassador to Romania bought the most expensive book ever sold ... and then donated it to a Jewish museum in Tel Aviv.
The singer and actor, who was president of ZOA’s California chapter, died on May 21 at the age of 95.
“It would be a tremendous shame—and a real disgrace—if the museum went forward with this conference,” said philanthropist Joel Greenberg. “It would be a stamp of approval.”
The data shows a large drop in Jew-hatred in Ukraine, which the ADL suggests may be due to the country’s Jewish president.