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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, said Reps. Rashida Tlaib, center, and Ilhan Omar, right, provided an itinerary that "revealed that they planned a visit whose sole objective is to strengthen the boycott against us and deny Israel’s legitimacy.” (Photos/Getty Images; Collage/JTA-Laura E. Adkins)
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AIPAC, Jewish lawmakers and others decry Israel’s ban on Tlaib and Omar

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA August 15, 2019
A pickup truck drives into a row of Jewish protesters sitting at the entrance to a parking lot outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island on August 14, 2019. (Photo/Screenshot from Facebook)
Posted inU.S.

Truck drives into row of Jewish protesters at ICE facility in Rhode Island

Ben Sales by JTA and Ben Sales August 15, 2019August 15, 2019
Rabbi Jonathan Perlman speaks to thousands at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall during a service to honor and mourn the victims of the mass shooting at the Tree Of Life Synagogue, in Pittsburgh, Oct. 28, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Jeff Swensen-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Pittsburgh rabbi calls on US attorney general to forgo death penalty for synagogue gunman

by JTA August 14, 2019
State Schools Superintendent Tony Thurmond speaking to the press Aug. 14 about the state's proposed high school ethnic studies curriculum. (From left) Assemblyman Marc Berman, Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, Thurmond, Senator Ben Allen, Assemblyman Jose Medina (Photo/Facebook-Abby Porth)
Posted inCalifornia

Jews ‘must be included’ in ethnic studies curriculum, says state schools chief at press conference

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 14, 2019August 21, 2019
State Sen. Ben Allen, chair of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, puts a mezuzah on his office door with Rabbi Mendy Cohen. (Photo/Courtesy California Legislative Jewish Caucus)
Posted inCalifornia

California Jewish legislators hang mezuzahs on their offices to celebrate ‘mezuzah bill’

by JTA and Sam Sokol August 14, 2019August 14, 2019
Leslie Wexner, left, and Jeffrey Epstein were close for years. Now Epstein's scandal is dogging the billionaire Jewish philanthropist. (Photos/Getty Images; Collage/JTA-Laura E. Adkins)
Posted inNews

The ties between Jeffrey Epstein and Jewish mega-donor Leslie Wexner

Ben Sales by JTA and Ben Sales August 14, 2019August 15, 2019
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond will recommend that the curriculum “highlight the contributions of Jewish Americans.” (Photo/Flickr-Gage Skidmore CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inEducation

Ethnic studies curriculum needs ‘substantial’ revisions, officials say

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 13, 2019August 14, 2019
Eric Batzdorff of Alameda has been missing since Aug. 11.
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Information sought on missing Jewish Alameda man

by Dan Pine August 13, 2019August 20, 2019
Graduate Theological Union
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Graduate Theological Union offers fellowship for working Jewish communal professionals

by J. Staff August 13, 2019
Omri Casspi, right, playing for the Golden State Warriors in a game against the Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Nov. 19, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Abbie Parr-Getty Images)
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Former Warrior Omri Casspi, first Israeli in the NBA, returns home to play for Maccabi Tel Aviv

by JTA August 13, 2019

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