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“It’s a win for religious freedom—and for public school students in Chicago,” president and chief counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom stated.
Attorney General Gentner Drummond argues that the Statewide Charter School Board’s leadership “steered members to cite only religion as the reason for denial,” leaving out other non-constitutional deficiencies.
A Jewish member of the Student Assembly told JNS that she is upset that “resolutions like these are introduced, prioritizing symbolic statements over listening to the students they represent.”
“This horrific pattern must end,” said Rep. Riley Moore (R-W.Va.).
“Israel may have had major military success in its war against Hamas, but its actions have badly damaged its standing among the American people,” stated a Democratic pollster who led the survey.
“It is about enforcing the crucial boundary between private speech and institutional advocacy,” the petition states.
“The participation of organizations with which we may strongly disagree does not automatically preclude ours if we are deeply committed to the cause,” an American Jewish Committee spokesman told JNS.
The public university said it was doing so, as the national body finds new leadership for the local chapter. The chapter says that it isn’t part of that group.
The war has “heated up the passions around this,” the Democratic governor of New York said.
The mayor said that Taylor Brown “will be the first out trans woman to lead a city office in New York City history.”
In February, 28 antisemitic incidents were reported in New York.
President says Tehran unprepared for negotiations as U.S.-Israeli strikes cripple the regime’s military and target its missile and drone capabilities.
