Category Archives: Jewish

A woman walked into a Staples in L.A. to print postcards celebrating Jewish joy—and was denied service by staff who claimed the message was “racist”

JEWISH JOURNAL LA Staples Employee Denies Service to Black Jewish Woman Over Her Zionist Postcards Aaron Bandler April 9, 2025 An employee at a Los Angeles Staples on Wilshire Boulevard refused to print a Black Jewish woman’s postcards with phrases … Continue reading

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“Yale University has quietly adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of antisemitism”

ALGEMEINER Yale Adopts IHRA Definition, Brown Launches New Training Program Amid Trump Campus Antisemitism Crackdown Dion J. Pierre April 10, 2025 …IHRA — an intergovernmental organization comprising dozens of countries including the US — adopted a “working definition” of antisemitism … Continue reading

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Civil-rights laws have always been a weapon—it’s just that conservatives have finally decided to wield them.

CITY JOURNAL The Right Is Winning the Battle over Higher Education Christopher F. Rufo April 15, 2025 …Many Ivy League presidents see themselves as heirs to the civil-rights movement. In fact, they are among the most active practitioners of racial … Continue reading

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“For Christians, the Passover seder is a deep part of our Easter celebration”

UNPACKED Why are Christians celebrating Passover and hosting non-Jewish Seders? Sara Himeles April 8, 2025 Celebrating Passover is extremely common with 70% of American Jews attending  Passover seders. In many ways, Passover is the ultimate Jewish holiday that recalls the … Continue reading

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“ISGAP’s research has shown that donations from Qatar have significantly influenced antisemitic discourse and campus politics in US universities, while also promoting anti-democratic values”

JEWISH PRESS Antisemitism Expert Testifies to Senate: Qatar Fueling Campus Riots David Israel March 30, 2025 …In his testimony, Dr. [Charles] Small presented findings from ISGAP’s “Follow the Money” initiative, which highlights a direct link between foreign authoritarian funding—particularly from … Continue reading

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“Never again will Israelis allow a “ring of fire” to burn on their nation’s borders”

WASHINGTON TIMES Israel’s second War of Independence Clifford May April 8, 2025 It has been 18 months since Hamas’ invasion of Israel and the barbaric pogrom that followed. Hamas is still holding and torturing hostages. The Israel Defense Forces are … Continue reading

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“In a world of globalized alienation, secular and religious Israelis alike remain proudly connected to their story as a people, through rituals as old as the Passover Seder and as new as the letters soldiers write before they go into battle”

TABLET MAG Why Are Israelis So Happy? Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy April 10, 2025 …Israel is a happy place. Despite constantly facing vicious enemies and enduring a year and a half of sustained fighting and funerals, Israel ranks in … Continue reading

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Reprimand against antisemitic Chicago therapist doesn’t require her to apologize to the therapists whose names she shared publicly, nor does it affect her ability to continue practicing in Illinois

JEWISH INSIDER Chicago therapist who created blacklist of ‘Zionist’ therapists disciplined by state licensing body Gabby Deutch April 4, 2025 A Chicago therapist who created a blacklist of “Zionist” therapists that she said people should avoid was reprimanded by Illinois’ professional … Continue reading

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Tobin: “Centrists may be wrong to think that they can steer their party in a moderate direction. Looking to 2028 and beyond, the implications for supporters of Israel are ominous”

JNS AOC and the diminishing prospects for Jewish Democrats Jonathan Tobin April 4, 2025 …The Democratic Party of 2025, let alone 2028, is not the same. Most members of Congress may still not wish to be seen as being too … Continue reading

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Oren: “If I have learned one thing in my time in political life it is this: Never bet against Israel’s longest-serving prime minister”

CLARITY WITH MICHAEL OREN How Does Bibi Survive? Michael Oren April 1, 2025 The perennial eulogists of Benjamin Netanyahu’s career are having a banner week. Though it lacks a constitution, Israel stands on the brink of what might otherwise be … Continue reading

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