President Trump’s Speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition
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$1 Million Grant to StandWithUs to Combat Workplace Antisemitism
“Workplace antisemitism is one of the most urgent yet overlooked forms of discrimination in today’s society,” said David Fish, Founding Partner of Workplace Law Partners. “Through this partnership, we’re ensuring that employees who face antisemitism have strong legal advocates by their side—and that justice is pursued wherever intolerance takes root.” [Press Release]
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Antisemitism, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, Press Release, USASatire: Take Me to Your Leader
As the crew of 31/ATLAS disembarks, Pete Hegseth meets them. Behind him stands a brigade of soldiers aiming rocket launchers at the ship. He shouts through his bullhorn, “Stop! You are dealing with heavily armed white men who no longer are weakened by having diverse inferior backgrounds, facial hair, or homosexual inclinations. [Laurie Baron]
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Lawrence Baron, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA’31 Candles’ is a Comedy about a Man’s Bar Mitzvah at 31
The movie 31 Candles stars Jonah Feingold as 30-year-old Leo Kadner, who is short and dyslexic, and the woman of his romantic fantasies, Eva Shapiro (Sarah Coffey), who at 6’ 1 ½ is too tall for most male partners as well as for the roles she seeks on Broadway. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USALion Sculpture Sited at Common Border of Israel, Gaza and Egypt
The Kerem Shalom Lion, at the well-publicized Southern Gaza border crossing, was sited recently. Hundreds of trucks per day, an unknown number of people, and “officialdom” pass within touching distance of the Lion as they enter and leave Gaza. [Jerry Klinger]
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International, Israel, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USAHalloween Costumes Also Serve Well During Purim
Jewish Mom hack: If you do not celebrate “Halloween,” think of Purim. Costumes at certain places and online go on sale and can be used in the late Winter/Spring of Purim. In 2026 (can you believe we are even mentioning 2026?), Purim lands on Monday, March 2. [Cailin Acosta]
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Cailin Acosta, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USA3,000 Attend JNF-USA Global Conference
One of the most moving stories we heard at our Global Conference for Israel was from the Shem Tov family. Omer Shem Tov, who had been held hostage by Hamas for 505 days, explained the harrowing conditions and sadistic methodologies used by the terrorist group. Yet, he also shared how being there with the other hostages, all of whom came from different backgrounds—religious, secular, right-wing, left-wing, and everything in between—made him realize a profound truth: they were 95% the same. Their shared love for Israel and their courage in the face of adversity brought them together in ways they never imagined possible. [Russell F. Robinson]
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Israel, Lifestyles, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USAJewish Resources Available to Weather Government Shutdown
Already, our Jewish institutions are seeing increased need. And while national political decisions may be out of our hands, we can control how we show up for one another. [Heidi Gantwerk]
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Heidi Gantwerk, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAA Prayer for Those Who Suddenly are in Danger of Starving
We come before you in not just grief but fear of what tomorrow may bring. Empty cabinets, growls of hunger, howls of children, undernourishment of families, the indignity and degradation of millions of Americans who’ve had the bread snatched out of their bellies in the midst of a nation of unmatched plenty. [Rabbi Mike Rothbaum]
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Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAADL Forms Legal Action Network to Combat Antisemitism
With the launch of the ADL Legal Action Network, ADL is going on the offensive with an unmatched army of some of the top litigators and legal minds in America. [Press Release]
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Antisemitism, Israel, Press Release, USAGermany, Claims Conference Budget Nearly $1B for Holocaust Survivors
More than 100,000 survivors, with an average age of 88, receive this assistance through the Claims Conference, funded by Germany, and provided by Jewish social service agencies in the United States and around the world and the National Health Service in Israel. [Press Release]
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Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, Press Release, USAActress Julianna Margulies Stars at JFS Inaugural Joan Jacobs Signature Brunch
The eight-day program they launched in 2022 with her encouragement involved college students sharing true Holocaust stories with pupils in middle school and high school. Culminating the program for each cohort is transportation and a tour of the Holocaust Museum. [Cailin Acosta]
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Cailin Acosta, Holocaust, International, Jewish History, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAHow Would Candidates Respond to Teens Attacking Jewish Children?
It is also important to learn where teen-agers this young get these ideas about Jews and decide to punish the Jewish children for Israel’s perceived policies. [Bruce S. Ticker]
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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Jewish History, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA15th Borscht Belt Historical Marker Dedicated
Jews responded to the bitterness of discrimination by building a Jewish vacation world in the Catskills Mountains, 90 miles north of New York City, that would richly transform America. Some nicknamed it the Jewish Alps, the name that stuck was the Borscht Belt. [Jerry Klinger]
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