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Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue in Charleston, South Carolina, October 18, 2019. (Warren LeMay via Creative Commons via JTA)
June 24, 2023, 1:00 pm
Charleston rabbi resigns, leaving South Carolina over anti-LGBTQ legislation
Greg Kanter, one of three rabbis at historic Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim congregation, tells community his family will move ‘to a place that will not target us and our human rights’
By Andrew Lapin
Illustrative -- A sign reading 'We Do Not CO-PARENT with the Government" is seen in the hallway during the inaugural Moms For Liberty Summit at the Tampa Marriott Water Street on July 15, 2022 in Tampa, Florida. (Octavio Jones/Getty Images)
June 23, 2023, 10:57 pm
Moms For Liberty Indiana chapter apologizes for Hitler quote in newsletter
Book ban group says sorry for masthead quote attributed to Nazi: ‘He alone, who OWNS the youth, GAINS the future’; Trump, DeSantis, Haley, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to attend summit
By Andrew Lapin
School board members in McMinn County, Tennessee, objected to Art Spiegelman's 'Maus' because of its language and images. (Philissa Cramer/JTA)
June 22, 2023, 3:25 am
Following criticism, Missouri school board votes not to ban Holocaust book ‘Maus’
Nixa Public Schools to keep Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel on the shelves, after considering removal because of new law barring ‘explicit sexual material’ for students
By PHILISSA CRAMER and Andrew Lapin
'Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation.' (Courtesy: Anne Frank Fonds via JTA)
June 17, 2023, 6:20 am
Amid push to ban books in US schools, some call new Anne Frank graphic novel ‘porn’
As a movement to police kids’ literature becomes a political force that may impact the 2024 election, the famous Holocaust diary is the subject of a growing number of controversies
By Andrew Lapin
Artwork from Art Spiegelman's 'Maus.' (Courtesy/Pantheon & Schocken Books)
June 15, 2023, 7:50 pm
Missouri school district to debate ban of ‘Maus’ over potential ‘sexual material’
Art Spiegelman, author of Holocaust graphic novel, leading fight against possible move at district of 6,000 students: ‘Book burning leads to people burning’
By Andrew Lapin
Tom Stoppard, center, and members of the company of "Leopoldstadt" accept the award for best play at the 76th annual Tony Awards at the United Palace theater in New York on June 11, 2023. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
June 12, 2023, 8:48 am
‘Leopoldstadt’ and ‘Parade’ win Tony awards, bringing antisemitism center stage
Tom Stoppard’s work wins best play and 3 other awards; dramatization of the blood libel and lynching of Leo Frank wins best revival of a musical
By Andrew Lapin
Connecticut College. (Courtesy)
June 10, 2023, 7:18 pm
Connecticut College taps interim head mired in antisemitism scandal
Jewish students fume at pick after previous president quit in March for holding event at golf club with an alleged antisemitic and racist history
By Andrew Lapin
Dr. Steve Feldman, who was denied payment from the state of Arkansas for refusing to sign a pledge not to boycott Israel, pictured on a trip to the West Bank, undated. (Courtesy of Steve Feldman via JTA)
June 2, 2023, 8:03 am
In reversal, Arkansas pays Jewish doctor who rebuffed pledge not to boycott Israel
Dermatologist Steve Feldman, a Palestinian rights activist, plans to donate the $500 withheld from him to anti-Zionist Jewish Voice for Peace
By Andrew Lapin
The title pages of a Nazi-published version of 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,' an antisemitic text, circa 1935. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images via JTA)
May 26, 2023, 6:03 am
Florida mom who sought to ban Amanda Gorman poem sorry for ‘Protocols’ Facebook post
‘I love the Jewish community,’ says Daily Salinas, adding that English isn’t her mother tongue and she believed she was sharing an anti-Communist message
By Andrew Lapin
Mayor Stephen Wright of Odessa, Missouri (center) said the town's trash collectors are "not trying to Jew anybody" during a meeting of the Board of Aldermen, May 15, 2023. (Screenshot via JTA)
May 19, 2023, 10:40 am
US mayor apologizes for saying trash collectors ‘not trying to Jew anybody’
Video of Odessa, Missouri council meeting removed from social media for violating standards; town of 5,000 does not appear to have any Jewish presence
By Andrew Lapin
Students from the Miami-Dade County Public Schools School for Advanced Studies protest during a statewide walkout in protest of censorship and the state's rapidly changing education policies in Miami, Florida, April 21, 2023. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)
May 12, 2023, 10:43 am
Florida rejects Holocaust textbooks for falling afoul of ‘woke’ education ban
Works vetoed over reference to banned ‘special topics,’ another book forced to alter question asking which ‘social justice’ issues can be found in Hebrew Bible
By Andrew Lapin
Screen capture from a trailer for the movie 'Oppenheimer' showing actor Tom Conti as Jewish physicist Albert Einstein. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 11, 2023, 10:38 am
In ‘Oppenheimer’ trailer, the atomic bomb is born
Scottish character actor Tom Conti plays Jewish scientist who urged wartime US president Roosevelt to speed up development of nuclear weapons
By Andrew Lapin
Dr. Steve Feldman, pictured on a trip to the West Bank. (Courtesy of Steve Feldman via JTA)
May 4, 2023, 9:02 am
Arkansas Jewish doctor denied payment over failure to promise not to boycott Israel
In keeping with state law, $500 withheld from dermatologist Steve Feldman, a Palestinian rights activist, who gave Zoom university lecture but refused to sign pledge
By Andrew Lapin
Micaela Diamond and Ben Platt during the opening night curtain call for 'Parade' at New York City Center, November 1, 2022. (Bruce Glikas/WireImage/GettyImages via JTA)
May 3, 2023, 10:27 am
Flood of Tony nominations caps big year for Jewish Broadway
‘Parade’ and ‘Leopoldstadt’ each get nods in six categories, announced by Lea Michele, who has been the talk of the town since taking the lead of ‘Funny Girl’ revival
By Andrew Lapin
Jeffrey Epstein, on March 28, 2017. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)
May 2, 2023, 6:33 am
Noam Chomsky, Ehud Barak among names on Jeffrey Epstein’s newly uncovered calendar
Woody Allen, longtime Bard College president Leon Botstein also met with disgraced financier, although there is no evidence of any misdeeds on their part
By Andrew Lapin
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