Politics

Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss and local resident Lesley Williams/

The case for reparations, according to two Jews living in the first American city to offer them

Lesley Williams is a Black Jewish activist whose father was denied housing in Evanston because of the color of his skin. Daniel Biss, the grandson of a Holocaust survivor who received reparations from Germany, is Evanston’s mayor.

Biden’s Tree of Life anniversary statement used a term that worries parts of both the left and the right

“Domestic terrorism” is a loaded term for civil libertarians and conservative media.

Ted Cruz defends using a Nazi salute to protest COVID-19 public health measures

“Nazi salutes may be protected by freedom of speech, but that doesn’t mean they’re not offensive symbols of hate,” the American Jewish Committee said in response.