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1 小时前 · If the first two weeks of President Donald Trump’s return to the White House are any indication, we are in for a challenging ride over the next four years. And in the process, we face the real prospect of large segments of government …

By Susan B. Tuchman and Morton A. Klein. In these last few weeks of the Biden administration, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights resolved antisemitism complaints filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act against Rutgers University, including a Title VI complaint filed by the Zionist Organization of America in 2011.

2 小时之前 · A unique Holocaust art exhibition opened this week in New York’s City Hall. In “The Wandering Jew,” a 1947 oil-and-canvas painting by Dutch artist Eliazer Neuberger, a barefoot man wearing torn garments gazes forward while behind him an elderly mysterious figure who evokes the prophet Elijah raises his hand in blessing. A 1945 pencil-and-watercolor drawing […]

1 天前 · Liberal-leaning advocacy groups in Pennsylvania have a long road ahead of them. Pennsylvania’s open senate seat flipped, with Republican newcomer Dave McCormick defeating three-term incumbent Democrat Bob Casey Jr., and two of the state’s seats in the House of Representatives also flipped from Democrat to Republican.

2 天之前 · By Rabbi Judd Kruger Levingston. This week’s Torah portion is Parashat Beshalah: Exodus 13:17 – 17:16 Imagine for a moment: What would you have felt if you were following Moses from slavery into freedom, from the dry land of Egypt into the watery sand ahead as the Sea of Reeds split and offered a path before your very eyes?

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2025年1月7日 · My husband is a reservist in the Israel Defense Forces, and I lit the first candle alone with our four children. There was a sense of uncertainty and disruption of the stability we once knew. This year, like then, many mothers will stand before the burning candles without their partners — some due to reserve duty, and others, sadly, because their husbands fell or were murdered in the past year.