by CJV | Jun 6, 2023 | Coverage
by Tani Levitt in the Forward Across the United States, conservative parents, advocacy groups, and lawmakers have pushed school districts to ban books and defund libraries, claiming that they promote ideas unsuitable for children. Among the banned works are the Diary...
by CJV | Jun 4, 2023 | Coverage
by Jane Coleman in Legal Insurrection Late last month, the White House released its long-awaited “whole-of-society” National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. The administration’s “inclusive” plan sought and received input from “every sector of American society”...
by CJV | Jun 1, 2023 | Coverage, Headlines
by Tyler O’Neil in The Daily Signal President Joe Biden released a national strategy to combat antisemitism touting commitments from organizations that have attacked Jewish groups while declining to mention a single Orthodox Jewish group and failing to...
by CJV | May 30, 2023 | Coverage, Headlines
by Fern Sideman in The Jewish Voice President Joe Biden on Thursday announced what he said is the most ambitious and comprehensive undertaking by the U.S. government to fight hate, bias, and violence against Jews, outlining more than 100 steps the administration and...
by CJV | May 30, 2023 | Coverage
by Jackie Hajdenberg in the Jewish Telegraphic Agency A new Bible translation that eschews gendered pronouns for God is now available through Sefaria, the online library of Jewish texts, prompting a backlash on social media from some who see the change as a...
by CJV | May 28, 2023 | Coverage, Human Rights
by Daniel Greenfield in the Jewish News Syndicate There were many expectations for Biden’s “U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism” among the usual organizational types, but anyone with common sense could have seen this coming a mile away. The “U.S. National...