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California Gov. Gavin Newsom, pictured here in 2019, vetoed a bill to make the ethnic studies curriculum a graduation requirement following objections to the content of its first draft. (Agustin Paullier/AFP via Getty Images)

California Jewish groups, on guard against antisemitism, welcome state’s mandate that ethnic studies classes avoid ‘bigotry’

Critics said early drafts of a mandated ethnic studies course excluded Jewish experiences and included anti-Israel content.

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Rob Friedman and Max Fried

The Jewish Sport Report: How a Jewish lawyer became baseball’s favorite ‘Pitching Ninja’

An Israeli soccer star heads to Germany, Jewish newlyweds celebrate at Yankee Stadium and more in this week’s Jewish Sport Report.

Holocaust gravesites identified in Latvia and Netherlands using contemporary technology

The grave in Latvia was located using technology created by American researchers.

New York

This baseball-loving Jewish couple celebrated their wedding at Yankees Stadium

A Jewish banner at the 1963 March on Washington. (Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

Politics

How Jews are joining the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington on Shabbat

A Cruise autonomous vehicle is seen during operation in San Francisco on July 24, 2023. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Religion

Are self-driving cars kosher? San Francisco rabbis weigh in as robotaxis flood the city’s streets

Rob Friedman and Clayton Kershaw

Sports

How ‘Pitching Ninja’ Rob Friedman accidentally became one of the most popular Jewish personalities in baseball

Global

Russian court extends pretrial detention of Jewish journalist Evan Gershkovich until November

New York

A ‘Passover sweater’ made this Holocaust survivor a sensation. Now, a new play makes Helena Weinrauch’s story come alive.

Golda meir sign post

Sign Post

Golda Meir may be having a moment, yet her memory endures in a Midtown plaza

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