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The following reflections were sent by NCJW CEO Sheila Katz to NCJW staff and stakeholders on October 7, 2024. One year ago today, we were celebrating the giving of the Torah during the last of the High Holidays, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, when news began to break that something…
Originally published by The Forward September 20, 2024 By Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez I live in Georgia, where the news broke this week that Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller, two young Black mothers, died as a clear result of our state’s abortion ban. Both of them required a routine medical procedure called dilation and…
Originally published by The Guardian September 18, 2024 By Robert Tait A congressional hearing on hate crimes drew charges of the bigotry it was meant to address after a Republican senator told the female Muslim head of a thinktank to “hide your head in a bag” and accused her of…
Originally published by Newsweek September 19, 2024 By Khaleda Rahman Senator John Kennedy has sparked a backlash after he told an Arab American activist to “hide [her] head in a bag” during a hearing about hate crimes. Maya Berry, the founder of the Arab American Institute, appeared before a Senate Judiciary hearing…
Originally published by Huff Post September 17, 2024 By Jennifer Bendery WASHINGTON — Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Tuesday baselessly accused an Arab American witness of supporting terrorists during a Senate hearing, and as she called out his blatant Islamophobia, the GOP senator told her to “hide her head in…
Originally published by Jewish Insider September 18, 2024 By Emily Jacobs The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on hate crimes devolved into chaos on Tuesday, with members engaging in partisan shouting matches over the hearing’s broad focus amid repeated disruptions by anti-Israel agitators in the crowd. The crowd at Tuesday’s hearing,…
