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“Considering the pressures on the church from both within and without, dramatic changes are rare,” David Michaels, of B’nai B’rith, told JNS.
The musician, who has a long history of Jew-hatred, released a song recently that praises Hitler.
He threw the ceremonial first pitch on Jewish Heritage Night after surviving 505 days in Hamas captivity.
“This would have been the chance for Harvard to emphasize its value as a research institution and to tell the committee and the country how it is addressing antisemitism,” Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) stated.
Alderman Debra Silverstein stated that Mayor Brandon Johnson’s decision to appoint Ishan Daya “to a leadership position in Chicago is a deliberate slap in the face to the Jewish community.”
Jews have faced “an incredible trial” since Oct. 7, “though one that was not unfamiliar in Jewish history,” the U.S. president stated.
“Tim Walz should know better, but this is what radical Democrats do when they don’t like law enforcement enforcing the law,” Sam Markstein, spokesperson for the Republican Jewish Coalition, told JNS.
“There are still 58 hostages in Gaza. We hope that at the next parade, and much sooner, they are all back home,” Eric Goldstein, the CEO of the UJA-Federation of New York, told JNS.
Mayor Eric Adams said the agreement “will drive innovation, create jobs and strengthen the unbreakable bond between our two governments.”
Rabbis Mark Gottlieb, Yaakov Menken, Eitan Webb and Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, all Orthodox, will advise the new Religious Liberty Commission.
“I learned a ton about Jewish faith and traditions as well as Israel from these shows, during the research and preparation, as well as the recordings,” the Hillsdale professor and writer told JNS.
“Millions of Jews worldwide united in support of Israel,” said the former defense minister.
