Bruce Pearl channels Sandy Koufax with bold stand for Israel
Auburn University men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl is this generation’s Sandy Koufax.Koufax is an iconic figure for American Jews not ...
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Reviewing ‘Fear No Pharaoh’ by Richard Kreitner
After noting in 1853 that there was no chief rabbi in the United States and no national platform for Jews ...
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Liberal Jewish groups sign statement defending DEI
(JTA) — Dozens of liberal Jewish groups have signed a letter defending Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives at a time ...
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Trump urged to combat antisemitism, engage US Jewish communities
Four years after leaving Washington amid a storm of his supporters assaulting Capitol Hill, President Donald Trump has triumphantly returned ...
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Solomon Schechter school embodied a bygone American, Zionist, Jewish NY
My elementary school, Solomon Schechter Day School of Queens, is turning Orthodox. It will become Queens Hebrew Academy. Apparently, an ...
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NYPD: Jews targeted by majority of hate crimes in NYC
(New York Jewish Week) — Jews were the target of the majority of hate crimes in New York City last ...
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What is the history behind American Jews celebration of Thanksgiving?
In November 1621, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the first Thanksgiving was held by the Pilgrims and Native Americans. They shared ...
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