What happened with the NYC Budget?
After weeks of negotiation with Mayor Adams, the New York City Council voted on the Fiscal Year 2024 budget on Friday, …
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The Forward: Behind CUNY graduation speech furor, a university divided over Zionism
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, which has lobbied on the issue, balked at the way some New York City politicians …
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Reflections on Juneteenth & Black Liberation
A message from JFREJ member Kofi Robinson
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Haaretz: Biden Battles Antisemitism and the Jewish Right Freaks Out
Some sectors of the Jewish right have apparently decided that fighting antisemitism isn’t worth it if it means giving D…
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NY1: Coalition launching advertisements opposing mayor's budget cuts to social services
A coalition of community groups is taking aim at Mayor Eric Adams’ proposed cuts to some social services by launching a…
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City & State: Adams mocks Lander as ‘loudest person in the city’
The comptroller should be advocating for federal asylum-seeker funding, the mayor said in an outburst at an unrelated p…
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The Riverdale Press: Budget cuts are just not necessary
A letter to the editor from JFREJ member Naomi Sharlin
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972 Magazine: ‘A moment of disillusionment’: American Jews torn as Israel turns 75
Grappling with a far-right government and growing awareness of the Nakba, American Jews revealed mixed feelings marking…
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Middle East Eye: 'Smear campaign': Academics and Jewish organisations condemn targeting of pro-Palestine student
A wave of support from academia and civil society is backing Fatima Mohammed while demanding City University of New Yor…
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Jewish Currents: National Plan Reflects the Debate Over Antisemitism
The Biden plan signaled in multiple ways that progressive groups have succeeded in making Jewish politics a contested s…
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The Mazals 2023: We’re BACK, Baby!
Join us on September 12th from 6-9PM!
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Jewish Currents: Why Are Progressive Legislators Opposing New York’s First Anti-Settlement Bill?
This is the first piece of legislation in Albany that actually tackles the question of how Palestine shows up as a loca…
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