Why the Dallas Maccabi delegation is shrinking
Delegation capped at 50 By Claudia Hurst The 2023 JCC Maccabi Games will kick off on Aug. 6 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Team Dallas will bring 48 athletes to compete…
Delegation capped at 50 By Claudia Hurst The 2023 JCC Maccabi Games will kick off on Aug. 6 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Team Dallas will bring 48 athletes to compete…
By Amy Spitalnick (JTA) — Last month, as the jury in Pittsburgh handed down the verdict in the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in American history, I found myself…
By David Patterson On May 25, 2023, the Biden White House issued its “National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism.” That same day the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued a press…
By Lizzy Savetsky Dallas’ city council just took the incredibly important and necessary step of adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism by unanimous vote on…
This story originally appeared on My Jewish Learning. (JTA) — The holiday of Shavuot, which begins at sundown this year on Thursday, May 25, is understood by Jewish tradition to…
By Stacy Cushing When we heard that Kyrie Irving would soon be a member of the Dallas Mavericks, many at ADL understood those concerns. In early November, Irving shared some…
John Mellencamp is an ally with high visibility By Eric Fusfield (JNS) The antisemitic utterances of Kyrie Irving and Ye (formerly Kanye West) prompted condemnations from many celebrities, both those…
By Stuart E. Eizenstat (JTA) — “How long have you known me, Stu?” Madeleine Albright asked me that question with a sense of urgency I had not heard from her…
Photo: JTA“Maus” won a Pulitzer Prize citation and an American Book Award. That’s why it needs to be taught By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — Art Spiegelman once complained that “Maus,”…
Photo: Courtesy #NoBeijing2022A march from the Chinese Consulate in New York City to Times Square, above, was meant to draw attention to human rights abuses against China’s Uyghur minority, Feb.…