The Jewish Teen Running for Governor of Kansas

The Jewish Teen Running for Governor of Kansas

Meet the Jewish teenager from Maryland running to be governor of Kansas

Ilan Cohen is 17, and he’s never been to the Sunflower State. But the day school junior is officially a candidate there.

Why Wayne LaPierre’s CPAC speech freaked out Jews and heartened anti-Semites

Intentionally or not, the NRA chief used words and themes that make anti-Semitism antennae tingle, writes JTA’s editor in chief, Andrew Silow-Carroll.
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These Jewish women say celebrating Purim in the #MeToo era is different

Women in the Purim story, like those who have come forward recently with charges of sexual harassment, are seen as both heroes and victims.
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Austria just hosted Europe’s largest conference on anti-Semitism. It was challenging with a far-right party in the government.

As per the organizers’ insistence, no officials from the Freedom Party were at the international summit. But their shadow was strongly felt.
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Breaking News

Jared Kushner’s security clearance downgraded

Lawsuit filed against haredi Orthodox school in Jerusalem alleges physical and sexual abuse

Anti-Semitic poster hung in office window of Australian lawmaker

Prominent NY Jewish day school will support student walkouts to protest gun violence

Holy Christian site in Jerusalem opens after protest by church leaders

30 YEARS AGO IN JTA

Danish king stopped a pogrom in Russia

King Frederick had reportedly written to the Czar years earlier after a prominent Jewish businessman pleaded with him.
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What We’re Reading

This year, we are all Esther in America’s own Purim story (Washington Post)

The Jewish author of ‘Call Me By Your Name’ confronts exile and desire (Forward)

Where to get the best hamantaschen across the US (Nosher)

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