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“Threats against synagogues and Jewish Americans are threats to the religious freedom promised to every single one of us,” according to the Justice Department.
Private Bay Area school ends partnership with Jewish summer camp following concerns over Israel ties
After receiving complaints, Nisa Frank, head of school at Prospect Sierra, wrote that the relationship with the camp ended due to its negative impact on students’ “identity safety.”
“We’ve faced hate before, and every time we’ve responded the same way,” Jake Cohen, executive director of Congregation Beth Israel, said. “By staying together and by refusing to let fear define us.”
The U.S. Treasury warned governments risk sanctions for servicing blacklisted Iranian airlines, as Washington intensifies pressure on Tehran’s oil exports and transit routes.
Anti-Israel protesters blocked the reserved event space and directed death threats toward Jewish students, according to the Oregon Hillel.
Ilana Cohen, of Emet Legal Services, told JNS that “teachers don’t have the right to insert their personal discriminatory biases into the classroom.”
From Miami suites to Mexico City kitchens, a new generation of Jewish food influencers is using cuisine as a powerful form of cultural diplomacy.
Rare documents, letters and photos on display at the President’s Residence trace a century of engagement between the Chief Rabbinate and American presidents.
The man appeared to wear a Hitler-style mustache and a red armband, while standing on an Israeli flag and giving a Nazi salute to passing runners.
“Penn does not have a strong chance of prevailing on appeal but makes, narrowly, a showing of irreparable harm,” U.S. District Judge Gerald J. Pappert wrote in his ruling.
Jeanne Litvin, 78, who had been missing since April 14, was reportedly found at Community Hospital of Huntington Park, where she had been taken in as a “Jane Doe” patient.
“Some actions that took place over the weekend violated the student code of conduct and the college’s time, place and manner policies,” a college spokesman told JNS.
The proposed venture between US Desalination and IDE Technologies would produce up to 50 million gallons of drinking water daily by treating seawater from the Gulf of Mexico.
