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William Latson, the Florida high school principal who refused to say the Holocaust was factual, has been fired. The principal of the Spanish River Community High School in Boca Raton came under national fire in July for an email he sent to a parent in April 2018 that said as…
As the nation prepares to remember the 11 victims killed in the mass shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue last Oct. 27, a survey released days before the anniversary of the incident revealed that many Jewish Americans do not feel comfortable wearing anything that would signify that they are…
Samuel Woodward, age 21, stabbed Blaze Bernstein, age 19, a University of Pennsylvania student, 20 times in a park in January after luring him out on the premise that it was a date. In September, he was charged with murder and a hate crime, and DNA evidence was cited as…
Trump visited the synagogue on Tuesday and left. On Wednesday he tweeted, “The Office of the President was shown great respect on a very sad & solemn day. Small protest was not seen by us, staged far away. The Fake News stories were just the opposite-Disgraceful!” Nearly 70,000 people as…
In four days’ time, 4,500 donors raised over $186,000 to pay for Jewish funerals for the 11 killed in the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. The organizers, Celebrate Mercy and MPower Change, two Muslim-led groups who welcomed donations no matter the faith. LaunchGood, the host of the fundraising efforts…
Following Saturday’s mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue, which left 11 dead, Bend the Arc is a national organization for progressive Jews focused on social justice. The Pittsburgh branch of the organization penned a letter to President Trump saying he will not be welcome in the city unless…