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Why the Dallas Maccabi delegation is shrinking

  • Post published:August 2, 2023
  • Post category:Columnists/Op-Ed

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…

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The Pittsburgh synagogue shooter wasn’t acting alone

  • Post published:July 5, 2023
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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…

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Legitimizing antisemitism: the strategy, the envoy and CAIR

  • Post published:June 29, 2023
  • Post category:Columnists/Op-Ed

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…

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City of Dallas vote will protect Jews,while UTD student senate stigmatizes us

  • Post published:May 31, 2023
  • Post category:Columnists/Op-Ed

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…

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Staying up all night on Shavuot is about going all in

  • Post published:May 24, 2023
  • Post category:Columnists/Op-Ed

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…

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Mavs well-suited to guide Irving against antisemitism

  • Post published:February 8, 2023
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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…

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Rock star channels Jewish outrage at antisemitism

  • Post published:December 7, 2022
  • Post category:Columnists/Op-Ed

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…

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What I told Madeleine Albright when she found out she was Jewish

  • Post published:March 30, 2022
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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…

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‘Maus’ is not ‘Auschwitz for Beginners’

  • Post published:February 8, 2022
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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,”…

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My father Elie Wiesel would have been ashamed of these Olympics

  • Post published:February 8, 2022
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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.…

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