✡ We Stand With the People of Israel ✡
By Grace Gilson (JTA) — After Alex Pretti was shot and killed on Saturday by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jewish voices were among the many that quickly rose up in condemnation. The voices have included … Read More
The Jewish Federation of Louisville and Jewish Federations of North America are horrified at the murder of two Israeli embassy employees outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC.Federations are working closely with the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington and … Read More
By Philissa Cramer (JTA) — The two Israeli embassy staffers who were shot to death outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night have been identified as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim. “Yaron and Sarah were our … Read More
By Grace Gilson (JTA) — For decades, the USC Shoah Foundation has amassed testimonies of Holocaust survivors, with the goal of preserving stories before they cannot be told firsthand. Now, with survivors dwindling, the organization founded by Steven Spielberg is … Read More
By Asaf Elia-Shaley and Ron Kampeas (JTA) — When Jonathan Greenblatt used his platform as the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League on Monday to condemn a certain act of bigotry, his longtime predecessor atop the ADL, Abe Foxman, took notice … Read More
By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — The pressure that built on Harvard’s president, Claudine Gay, to resign began after what many thought was a tepid campus response to the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7. It mounted following a disastrous congressional appearance … Read More
By Ron Kampeas (JTA) — Two major Jewish civil rights groups want Donald Trump to stop using Nazi analogies to decry his legal woes. The former president’s first official comment Tuesday after the unveiling of a federal indictment charging him with … Read More
By JTA Staff (JTA) — American Jewish organizations reacted to the news that Robert Bowers, the man who murdered 11 Jews at prayer in 2018, has been sentenced to death. Groups stressed in their comments that the memory of the … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor Greg Fischer’s recent trip to Israel was marred by a spate of terrorist attacks that almost came too close for comfort. The three-term Louisville Metro mayor described one shooting that occurred “100 meters” (328 feet) … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor Kentucky lawmakers should have swiftly rebuked one of their colleagues for making bizarre (and false) antisemitic statements during a House floor debate on an anti-abortion bill Wednesday. Instead, about two hours passed before anyone spoke … Read More