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Gilbert Gottfried

United States

Woman, 70, gets naked and takes shower during the Zoom bat mitzvah of Gilbert Gottfried’s daughter

By Ben Sales June 23, 2020

Patagonia is one of several major companies to sign onto an ADL-led boycott of Facebook ads. (Robert Alexander/Getty Images)

Culture

North Face, Patagonia, REI will boycott Facebook ads to protest hate speech

By Ben Sales June 22, 2020

Evan Bernstein, shown here speaking to students at Harvard University, is the new CEO of the Community Security Service, which trains congregants in how to protect their synagogues. (Courtesy of Harvard University)

United States

The new head of a synagogue security agency wants to start training Jews in college

By Ben Sales June 19, 2020

Judah Benjamin, seen here in 1855, served in Jefferson Davis' cabinet during the Civil War and was the Confederacy's most prominent Jew. A synagogue in California included his name on a window memorializing significant Jewish figures. (The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

United States

A California synagogue memorialized Judah Benjamin, the Confederacy’s most prominent Jew. Here’s how that changed.

By Ben Sales June 18, 2020

Mark Zuckerberg, seen in 2019, has repeatedly stuck by his hands-off approach to problematic speech. (Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)

United States

Protesting hate speech, ADL and NAACP call on companies to stop running Facebook ads in July

By Ben Sales June 17, 2020

NYPD officers stand guard at the door of the Union Temple of Brooklyn, after it was grafittied, in New York City on November 2, 2018. (Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)

United States

Calls to defund the police put Jewish institutions in a tough position

By Ben Sales June 12, 2020

Israel

400 Jewish studies scholars denounce Israeli annexation as ‘apartheid’ and a ‘crime against humanity’

By Ben Sales June 12, 2020

MeToo

United States

Responding to a petition, new leader of major Jewish coalition condemns sexual misconduct but stops short of policy barring harassers

By Ben Sales June 11, 2020

Marchers at the front of the interfaith demonstration in memory of George Floyd and protesting systemic racism in Chicago on June 2, 2020. (Courtesy of Ari Hart)

United States

800 rabbis and cantors sign statement supporting peaceful protest against racism

By Ben Sales June 9, 2020

Kids at Camp Young Judaea Sprout Lake in New York. (Courtesy of Camp Young Judaea Sprout Lake)

United States

New York is allowing day camps to open. Some Jewish camps are still staying closed.

By Ben Sales June 9, 2020

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