Antisemitism

AJC Welcomes Trump’s Support in Wake of Violent Antisemitic Incidents; Expresses Doubts over U.S. Exclusion of Travelers from Certain Countries

While we are deeply distressed by the rise in violent antisemitic attacks in the United States, and while we appreciate that the administration is trying to mobilize as many levers as it can to counter it, we are concerned that the broad Proclamation issued June 4 seeks to address this alarming issue in a way that lacks a clear connection to the underlying problem and will have an adverse impact on other longstanding immigration and refugee policies. [Press Release]

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A Report from the Zionist Rabbinic Coalition’s Conference

When I first heard of the Zionist Rabbinic Coalition (ZRC), I wondered, “Is it necessary to have an organization for Zionist rabbis?” According to ZRC founder Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt, Rabbi Emeritus of B’nai Tzedek Congregation in Potomac, Maryland, I am not alone. He gets that question a lot. (Lisa Rothstein Goldberg)

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Jewish Biography: Isaac Levitan, Russian Landscape Artist

By Alex Gordon HAIFA, Israel — Isaac Levitan, founder of the genre of the “mood landscape,” is one of the greatest artists of Russia.  He was born in a shtetl of Kibarty, a part of the Russian Empire (present-day Lithuania), into a poor but educated Jewish family of a railroad clerk. His father Elyashiv, the son of a rabbi, learned French and

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OpEd: A Call for Justice and Renewal

As the weekend opened, San Diego was stunned by a massive ICE raid on a South Park Italian restaurant. Reportedly, the owner was slammed to the wall, and every employee in the restaurant was handcuffed and held until they could produce proof that they were American citizens or had a work permit. [Barrett Holman Leak]

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Law Enforcement Increases Patrols at Jewish Sites in Wake of Colorado Attack

In the wake of a Molotov cocktail being hurled and a makeshift flamethrower being fired at pro-Israel demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday, patrols have been stepped up at Jewish synagogues and institutions in San Diego through the Shavuot holiday, according to Bill Ganley, the Community Security Director. [SDJW staff report]

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Assembly Adopts Bill Defending against Antisemitism in K-12 Schools

Authored by Assemblymembers Rick Chavez Zbur and Dawn Addis, sponsored by the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California (JPAC), and supported by a coalition of 47 Jewish organizations, the bill continues to gain extraordinary bipartisan momentum in the fight against antisemitism in K-12 schools. [Press Release]

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OpEd: ‘Peaceful’ Anti-Israel Protests Set Stage for Murders of Israeli Embassy Staffmembers

Was it peaceful protest to attack and injure janitorial employees at Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall a year ago? To seize and occupy the same building? To block traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge, the approach to Chicago’s congested O’Hare International Airport and the jammed southbound lanes of the 110 freeway below the iconic four-level stacked interchange in Los Angeles? [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Parsha Bamidbar: Navigating Fear with Faith

It’s a narrative of transition—from dependence to agency, from miracles to management. Within its verses unfold the full drama of collective life: the struggle for leadership and legitimacy, the fear and promise of scarcity and abundance, the frictions of war and fragile peacetimes. [Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D.]

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DOE Launches Investigation into Antisemitism at Cal Poly Humboldt

he U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) last week opened an investigation into a complaint filed by The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Jewish on Campus against California State Polytechnic (Cal Poly), Humboldt. The organizations allege that the university is in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by cultivating a campus environment that allowed for the verbal and physical harassment, exclusion, and abuse of Jewish students. [Press Release]

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Jewish Biography: Leopold Infeld, Physicist who Worked with Einstein

In USA, Infeld recalled, “I arrived at Princeton in September 1936. Five months later our collaboration with Einstein began to work out well; we understood each other perfectly and had achieved even partial success, although the problem of formulating the equations of motion was far from being completely solved. …” [Alex Gordon]

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