Lone Star Jews have the Senate blues

Democratic governors face looming deadline to opt in for educational tax credit

With the publication of regulations on Thursday for the new federal educational tax credit program, governors now have until the end of the year to decide whether to opt their states into the program. The tax credit program, which has been championed by many Jewish community groups but opposed by teachers’ unions, has presented a... <a href="">Read More</a>

House Democrats urge Rubio to respond to Turkey’s crackdown on LGBTQ community

A group of 65 House Democrats wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday urging him to take action in response to what they described as Turkey’s “alarming campaign of repression against LGBTQI+ people, human rights organizations, and advocates.” They specifically highlighted a recent “crackdown” by Ankara starting in mid-September that they said represented... <a href="">Read More</a>

Texas Jewish voters at a loss in the state’s hotly contested Senate race

Caught between a scandal-plagued Republican nominee and a young Democrat who tacks further left on Israel than many are comfortable with, Jews in the Lone Star State find themselves in a Texas-sized bind when it comes to the pivotal Senate race between state Attorney General Ken Paxton and state Rep. James Talarico. “I think Texas... <a href="">Read More</a>

No major U.S. art museum counts Jewish identity in its diversity commitments, ADL report finds

Not one of the 40 leading U.S. art museums evaluated by the Anti-Defamation League includes Jewish identity in its diversity commitments, according to a new report the group released on Thursday. At the report’s launch event, held at the Jewish Museum on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, actor Selma Blair, who is Jewish, said she has... <a href="">Read More</a>

IDF report identifies 170 Palestinian ‘journalists’ killed during Gaza war affiliated with terrorist groups

The Israeli military on Thursday released a database identifying 170 Palestinians killed during the Gaza war who it claims were at one point members of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other terrorist organizations — despite being members of the media or journalists. Among the group were 17 individuals whom the IDF said participated directly in... <a href="">Read More</a>