Debra Flax

2 weeks ago | jns.org | Jonathan D. Salant |Debra Flax

(April 9, 2025 / JNS)Nearly 170 rabbis and cantors from 12 congressional districts in New Jersey and across Jewish denominations released an open letter on Monday condemning a recent vote by Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) in support of two resolutions aiming to block $8.8 billion in U.S. arms sales to Israel. “Despite numerous pledges that he would stand by our ally and by his Jewish constituents, in his first vote on an issue critical to Israel’s security, Sen.

2 weeks ago | jns.org | Debra Flax

(April 9, 2025 / JNS)The Tennessee General Assembly passed a bill in the state House and Senate on Monday addressing and prohibiting antisemitic discrimination in the state’s public schools, colleges and universities, the Combat Antisemitism Movement announced. The CAM-supported bill—sponsored by Rusty Grills, a Republican state representative, and Paul Rose, a Republican state senator—passed by 79-11 and 29-1 margins in the state House and Senate, respectively. It now heads to Tennessee Gov.

2 weeks ago | clevelandjewishnews.com | Jonathan D. Salant |Debra Flax

Nearly 170 rabbis and cantors from 12 congressional districts in New Jersey and across Jewish denominations released an open letter on Monday condemning a recent vote by Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) in support of two resolutions aiming to block $8.8 billion in U.S. arms sales to Israel. “Despite numerous pledges that he would stand by our ally and by his Jewish constituents, in his first vote on an issue critical to Israel’s security, Sen.

2 weeks ago | jns.org | Debra Flax

(April 8, 2025 / JNS)The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations released a statement on Monday, marking 18 months since the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023—“the darkest day in Israel’s modern history.”“Eighteen months later, the trauma of that day remains seared into the Jewish soul,” the statement read.

2 weeks ago | jns.org | Debra Flax

(April 7, 2025 / JNS)The NGO UN Watch criticized the recent announcement that Qatar was elected to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. “No joke: Qatar was just elected to the U.N. Women’s Rights Commission,” the organization wrote on X. “Under the regime’s misogynistic laws, Qatari women wishing to attend the next U.N. women’s rights summit will need to first seek permission from their male guardians.