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Federation Workshop Series Empowers Parents to Combat Antisemitism in Schools
By Douglas Greene, JFGC Government Relations & Public Affairs Associate As incidents of antisemitism continue to rise locally, it is crucial to equip parents with the tools and knowledge to combat these challenges head-on. Recognizing the need to empower our community’s parents in navigating incidents of antisemitism in schools, the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte,…
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Israel’s Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Law Limiting Its Power, Potentially Teeing Up Constitutional Crisis
By Ben Sales TEL AVIV (JTA) — The Israeli Supreme Court has announced that it will hear petitions challenging a new law that limits its ability to strike down government decisions. The challenges won’t have their day in court until September, but the announcement paves the way for a possible constitutional crisis in Israel. That’s…
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Speaking to Congress, Herzog Laments Growing Divides in U.S.-Israel Relationship
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — In his speech to a joint session of Congress, Israeli President Isaac Herzog made sure to repeatedly laud the warm ties between the United States and Israel. And he got the response Israeli leaders have traditionally received from U.S. lawmakers, earning at least 16 bipartisan standing ovations. But one…
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At The Heart of the Film “Oppenheimer” is a Clash Between Real-Life Jews
By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — In 1945 physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, hailed as the “father of the atomic bomb” and the man who ended World War II. Less than a decade later, he was a pariah, after the United States Atomic Energy Commission revoked his security clearance following allegations about his…
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Is Barbie Jewish? The Complex Jewish History of the Doll, Explained.
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA) July 9, 2023 Long before the craze over the upcoming “Barbie” movie, most people could conjure an image of the doll: She was the beauty standard and the popular girl, a perky, white, ever-smiling brand of Americana. She was also the child of a hard-nosed Jewish businesswoman, Ruth Handler, whose…
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Jewish Quotas Were at the Heart of Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — Harvard’s 20th-century antisemitic Jewish quotas were a key part of the Supreme Court’s decision to gut affirmative action on Thursday, as the winning litigant and two conservative justices cited them in the landmark case. The 6-3 decision Thursday, authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, bars universities from using race…
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Around the Table: Book Review of MichaelTwitty’s Award-Winning, “Koshersoul”
By Charlotte Rouchouze Michael Twitty’s second book, entitled “Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an American Jew,” recent recipient of the National Jewish Book Award’s 2022 Jewish Book of the Year, immerses us in the understudied subject of Black Jewishness. This is a topic that speaks to Twitty’s own experience as a Black American…
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Germany Agrees to Record $1.4 billion in Annual Holocaust Reparations As Survivors Age
By Asaf Elia-Shalev (JTA) – Conditions didn’t seem favorable in early May as Stuart Eizenstat entered annual negotiations with the German government over reparations for the estimated 240,000 remaining Holocaust survivors around the world. Eizenstat had served as the special negotiator for the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany since 2009, and had analyzed the…
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Avertto Wins Hebrew University’s Asper Prize Startup Award For 2023
Press Release First prize of NIS 100,000 awarded to Avertto for developing a system to prevent and heal strokes Avertto, a startup in the health field, emerged victorious in this year’s highly competitive Asper Prize startup award. The award, presented by ASPER-HUJI Innovate, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, and the Asper…
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