Good Jewish News

And boy do we need it!

1. Australia has barred antisemitic political commentator Candace Owens from entering the country.

2. Catch them doing something right! The ADL has commended a group of universities for their growing commitment to fighting antisemitism.

3. 1,000 authors, writers, journalists, and leaders in entertainment signed a powerful letter uniting against cultural boycotts in response to a recent effort against Jewish authors, literary institutions, and allies.

4. Microsoft fired two employees after they held a vigil for “Palestinian martyrs.” If only Amazon could work with the same deliberate swiftness against their endemic antisemitism.

5. Muhlenberg College fired a tenured professor for her blatantly antisemitic social media posts.

6. On Being Jewish Now, a beautiful anthology from literary powerhouse Zibby Owens is out Friday. I contributed one of the 75 essays. Get your copy here!

7. Every week more than 200 groups around the world gather to walk or run for the 101 hostages remaining in Hamas captivity. You can find a group in your area here.

8. The newly appointed Chicago Board of Education president has resigned after the Governor called for his resignation due to uncovered antisemitic and misogynistic past social media posts.

9. Harvard has rejected student demands for divestment from Israel. (We look forward to the day when this is standard fare at all universities.)

10. The House Education Committee has released their report after a year of investigation of 11 universities and found that leaders have committed Title VI violations by failing to protect their Jewish students.

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