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…
The Pittsburgh synagogue shooter wasn’t acting alone
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…
Legitimizing antisemitism: the strategy, the envoy and CAIR
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…
City of Dallas vote will protect Jews,while UTD student senate stigmatizes us
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…
Staying up all night on Shavuot is about going all in
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…
Mavs well-suited to guide Irving against antisemitism
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…
Rock star channels Jewish outrage at antisemitism
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…
What I told Madeleine Albright when she found out she was Jewish
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…
‘Maus’ is not ‘Auschwitz for Beginners’
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,”…
My father Elie Wiesel would have been ashamed of these Olympics
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.…