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This historian believes teaching Jewish American history in NYC schools can combat antisemitism
In late 2023, New York City Education Department officials approached historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela to be the lead ...
From the Farm: ‘Raymond’ star Patricia Heaton serves up life lessons with accolades
I enjoyed chatting with Patricia Heaton at a dinner hosted by The Simon Wiesenthal Center, which honored the actor.
In changing Bensonhurst, Asian and Jewish communities find shared ground at "Shalom Dragon"
At a historic Jewish community center, Jewish and Asian neighbors are building bridges through shared programming and a new ...
The phrase ‘Free Palestine’ is freeing no one, but it is killing some of us - opinion
Two men have been arrested for terror attacks while invoking "Free Palestine." For them the phrase is a rallying cry ...
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What can a museum be?
Jewish Museum fundraiser in partnership with ACRE raised $11,000 for families seeking to leave Gaza. Credit: Brittany Sowacke For artist and arts administrator Gabriel Chalfin-Piney-González, the ...
Capital Jewish Museum's LGBTJews Exhibit is About Pride and Preservation
Leaders of Jewish institutions rarely need a reminder that antisemitism, like other forms of discrimination, still exist. But ...
Mobile Museum of Tolerance at Greater Chicago Jewish Festival
The Greater Chicago Jewish Festival was held Sunday in Morton Grove. One of the featured attractions was the Mobile Museum of ...
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Amid the horrific rise in Jew-hatred, the US Holocaust Museum must re-examine its role
The murders of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim and the attack on Jewish seniors, including in Boulder, Colo., are evidence that US Holocaust Museum needs to rethink its mission.
Mobile tolerance museum brings its anti-hate, anti-Semitism lessons to Jewish Festival in Morton Grove: ‘We need more of this’
The Greater Chicago Jewish Festival drew big crowds to the St. Paul Woods forest preserve area in Morton Grove Sunday for a ...