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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaking at the World Economic Forum in February 2023. Source: YouTube via Wikimedia Commons.

Illinois governor vetoes bill for kosher-meal options in state schools, hospitals

J.B. Pritzker, who is Jewish, claims that he vetoed the bill due to its language, and that he supports kosher and halal meal options for students.

August 21, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden talks with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake, Ill., on July 7, 2021. Credit: Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz.

Renewed calls for gun control after July Fourth mass shooting leaves seven dead, 30 injured

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker arrived quickly at scene and spoke to media, calling for an end to gun violence • Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin: “The nation’s prayers are with Highland Park.”

Dmitriy Shapiro

July 5, 2022

Protesters in Michigan against current lockdown measures put in place by the governor's office to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Source: YouTube.

Are lockdown protests signaling a resurgence of anti-Semitism?

Those who misuse Holocaust imagery are profoundly inappropriate; still, the rush to label all the protesters as neo-Nazis is wrong.

Jonathan S. Tobin

May 5, 2020