The nation’s largest teachers’ union has passed a measure calling its members to stop using, endorsing or publicizing any materials produced by the Anti-Defamation League, the antisemitism watchdog group that has long provided resources for public schools to teach about discrimination of all kinds. https://lnkd.in/gRGKGFwJ
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“Of course we want this war finished, and of course we are very (much) counting on the Vatican and His Holiness who can help us with a high-level meeting place to finish this war,” Zelenskyy told reporters. https://lnkd.in/gJdbmwYK
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Sharon Lewis, a 53-year-old Brooklyn native, said the closure of St. Teresa felt painfully familiar. A decade ago, she belonged to a Creole-speaking church in the same neighborhood that was sold and demolished to make way for new housing. https://lnkd.in/eNnmdx8P
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Trump says he didn’t know the term “shylock” is considered antisemitic when he used it in a speech to describe unscrupulous moneylenders. https://lnkd.in/ev4Su6fR
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Castel Gandolfo has hosted saints, presidents and emperors. Two popes died there. With Pope Leo XIV’s return, the town’s centuries-old bond with the papacy is alive again. https://lnkd.in/eCcezzD9
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For years, conservative legal groups have argued that an IRS rule barring churches from endorsing candidates was unconstitutional. Now, the IRS agrees. https://lnkd.in/e-qwKhYu
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The war between Israel and Iran has brought up religious tensions and political debates that rarely surface in the culturally harmonious environment of "Tehrangeles," also known as Little Persia, in LA. https://lnkd.in/eRP2YsWP
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OPINION: Trump said he didn’t realize the term "Shylock" was offensive. That is hard to believe, but never mind. Even alleged ignorance of offense doesn’t negate its harm. “Shylock” is not a neutral name — it’s a symbol of centuries of antisemitism, of the libel of Jewish greed and of Christians casting Jews as heartless moneylenders. https://lnkd.in/evH_wyMV
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Amnesty International issued a report Thursday claiming a controversial Israeli- and U.S.-backed system to distribute aid in Gaza uses starvation tactics against Palestinians to continue to commit genocide in the Gaza Strip. https://lnkd.in/ewe3Nvdx
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Authorities and elected officials have said they did not expect such an intense downpour, the equivalent of months of rain for the area. https://lnkd.in/edAvKnYZ