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Bari Weiss, opinion editor with anti-Semitism focus, resigns from The New York Times

By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN

(JTA) — Bari Weiss, the Jewish opinion writer and editor who has been a lightning rod for left-wing critics, has resigned from the New York Times.

The author of a much-discussed recent book on anti-Semitism (“How to...

NY Times opinion writer Bari Weiss resigns

By ALAN SMASON

With a scathing indictment of a hostile work environment, New York Times opinion writer Bari Weiss tendered her resignation to publisher A. G. Sulzberger in a bitter and most public manner.

Weiss was formerly an op-ed and...

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Israelis demonstrate against country’s response to economic crisis as COVID-19 cases mount

(JTA) — Days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conceded that Israel had reopened “too soon,” thousands of Israelis protested the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic in a dramatic rally in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square.

The protesters called for swifter...

Now on DeSean Jackson’s post-pandemic schedule: Visiting Auschwitz with a Holocaust survivor

(JTA) — NFL star DeSean Jackson, who last week apologized for posting anti-Semitic quotes attributed to Adolf Hitler and Louis Farrakhan, accepted a Holocaust survivor’s invitation to visit Auschwitz together.

Jackson, a wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles, accepted the...

Aaron Keyak, longtime Jewish political organizer, to head Biden’s Jewish outreach

(JTA) — With four months to Election Day, Joe Biden’s presidential campaign now boasts a staffer dedicated to mobilizing Jewish voters.

Aaron Keyak, who has already been working on Biden’s campaign, is filling the role, first advertised late last month....

St. Louis couple who aimed guns at Black Lives Matters protesters had run-ins with a local synagogue

(JTA) — Footage of the St. Louis couple brandishing guns at Black Lives Matters protesters passing in front of their mansion on a private street quickly became a symbol of white resistance to calls for racial equity.

Now, an extensive...

Sara Gideon could flip Susan Collins’ Senate seat blue. She’s building a wide base of Jewish support to do so.

By RON KAMPEAS

(JTA) — Lou Kornreich’s Shabbat table is a microcosm of the Maine Jewish community, of the national Jewish community, of Maine and of the nation. And he doesn’t like it.

“When I have a discussion at the...

Netanyahu admits Israel’s economy reopened ‘too soon’

(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged that the reopening of the economy amid the coronavirus occurred “too soon”

Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks, Netanyahu took responsibility for the decision to reopen the country a...

Regional Security Advisor to be hired through SCN national search

After a year and a half of behind-the-scenes talks with Jewish community institutional heads, the Jewish Federation’s Security Committee co-chaired by Anti-Defamation South Region director Aaron Ahlquist and Jewish Family Service executive director Roselle Ungar is moving forward with plans...