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Editorial: 85 years after Nazis stole a Jewish family’s Pissarro painting, California may help return it
5 months ago

Editorial: 85 years after Nazis stole a Jewish family’s Pissarro painting, California may help return it

LA Times  

Beverly Cassirer and her husband, Claude Cassirer, the grandson of Lilly Cassirer, at their home in San Diego. In the twists and turns that an exquisite Impressionist painting of a rainy Paris streetscape has taken from Lilly Cassirer’s Berlin home in 1939 to the wall of a Spanish museum where it hangs today, no one has ever questioned that the …

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The House Passed A Bill To Fight Antisemitism. Here’s Why Critics Call It Misleading.
8 months, 1 week ago

The House Passed A Bill To Fight Antisemitism. Here’s Why Critics Call It Misleading.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A bill expanding the definition of antisemitism was passed on Wednesday by a bipartisan vote in the House — but despite the legislation on its face claiming to help federal officials better protect Jewish students on school campuses, critics say it is misleading and will only serve to crack down on the free speech rights of students …

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How the Supreme Court recalibrated the abortion debate in just 3 words
2 years, 5 months ago

How the Supreme Court recalibrated the abortion debate in just 3 words

CNN  

CNN — It’s not just that US Supreme Court majorities upheld Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban and overturned Roe v. Wade. Worse, said Peters, is that by co-opting the term, “unborn human being,” it signals “which religious voices get authority and power in our country.” Though opponents of legalized abortion often paint women who undergo abortions as heathens, a strong majority …

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The overturn of Roe v Wade is an attack on Jewish women’s right to freedom of religion
2 years, 6 months ago

The overturn of Roe v Wade is an attack on Jewish women’s right to freedom of religion

The Independent  

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Is the Religious Liberty Tent Big Enough to Include the Religious Commitments of Jews?
2 years, 6 months ago

Is the Religious Liberty Tent Big Enough to Include the Religious Commitments of Jews?

Slate  

One of the notable trends in the current Supreme Court’s religion jurisprudence is the shrinking of the establishment clause as the free exercise clause grows ever more robust. * In the complaint, petitioners note that while Florida seeks to ban abortion at 15 weeks’ gestation, “in Jewish law, abortion is required if necessary to protect the health, mental or physical …

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Jewish property millionaire, 54, says he is being discriminated against over divorce
5 years, 7 months ago

Jewish property millionaire, 54, says he is being discriminated against over divorce

Daily Mail  

Alan Moher, pictured, claims he is trapped in a marriage with his wife under Jewish law by a £1,850-per-month maintenance payment handed to him by the courts in his divorce last year A Jewish property millionaire claims he is being discriminated against because of his religious beliefs in a 'very acrimonious' divorce from his estranged wife. A Get is a …

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