Biden's new plan to fight antisemitism demands sweeping reforms By Ron Kampeas May 25, 2023 WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Joe Biden today unveiled a multifaceted and broad strategy to combat antisemitism in the United States that reaches from basketball courts to farming communities, from college campuses to police departments. “We must say clearly and forcefully that antisemitism and all forms of hate and violence have no place in America,” Biden… Read More
Analysis Who won debate over defining ‘antisemitism’ in White House plan? This story was originally published in the Forward. The White House carefully crafted a definition of antisemitism — or rather declined to craft one. In… By Lauren Markoe May 25, 2023
U.S. Israel debate could overshadow White House antisemitism strategy This story was originally published in the Forward. As the White House prepares to release the first national strategy to counter antisemitism, one topic… By Arno Rosenfeld May 24, 2023
U.S. Why Jewish teens are meeting with prominent Palestinians on Zoom (JTA) — When Rep. Rashida Tlaib joined a Zoom with 40 teenagers, she soon found herself talking about the kinds of topics — academic and otherwise — that… By Ron Kampeas May 24, 2023
World Russia extends pretrial detention of journalist Evan Gershkovich (JTA) — A Russian court extended the pretrial detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich until at least Aug. 30. Gershkovich, 31, the… By Jackie Hajdenberg May 23, 2023
Tech Wikipedia disciplines editors but sidesteps Polish Holocaust debate (JTA) — Wikipedia has banned three editors from working on articles related to Jewish history in Poland during World War II, in a bid to resolve editing… By Asaf Elia-Shalev May 23, 2023
Politics What do Jewish Republicans make of DeSantis so far? This story was originally published in the Forward. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to join the crowded Republican presidential primary this week… By Jacob Kornbluh May 22, 2023
Religion Conservative Jews OK unsupervised vegetarian restaurants (JTA) — For years, a subset of Jews who eat only at kosher-certified restaurants have bent the rules by taking advantage of a growing trend: fully vegan… By Jackie Hajdenberg May 22, 2023
Education Israel to invest $40 million in North American Jewish day schools (JTA) — Citing “a major crisis in Jewish education,” Israel’s Diaspora ministry plans to pour about $40 million into training educators at Jewish schools… By Jackie Hajdenberg, Philissa Cramer May 19, 2023